Cerocoma (Cerocomina), Kaszab, 1951

Turco, Federica & Bologna, Marco A., 2011, Systematic revision of the genus Cerocoma Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Cerocomini) 2853, Zootaxa 2853 (1), pp. 1-71 : 26

Subgenus Cerocomina Kaszab, 1951

Cerocomina Kaszab, 1951: 259 ; Bologna, 1991: 145.

Type species. Cerocoma vahli Fabricius, 1787: 217 , by original designation.

Subgenus diagnosis. Body length: 11–13 mm. Male frontal calli very close to each other in the middle of frons, and only slightly raised over the head ( Fig. 5C ). Male antennae modified: antennomere I dorsally expanded to form a high and narrow keel and with a pointed and curved expansion on external side; II simple, small and subcylindrical; III swollen, with a deep depression associated with a pointed expansion on external side; IV–V enlarged, flattened and very close to each other; VI distinctly swollen; VII–VIII slightly swollen and cup-like, VIII larger than VII; IX distinctly swollen and roughly circular. Male maxillary palpi distinctly modified: palpomere I slender, about 3 times as long as wide; II–III enlarged, flattened and curved; IV flattened, slender and subrectangular, about twice as long as wide. Male protibiae with a deep incision on external side and a weak dorsal keel; apically enlarged and swollen.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Male head, dorsal view: A, C. schreberi; B, C. scovitzi; C, C. vahli; D, C. adamovichiana; E, C. kunzei; F, C. schaefferi. Scale bar = 1 mm.