Key to species of Phygopoda

1. Pronotal surface with dense coarse punctures; procoxal cavities closed (Figs. 32, 34)................................2

- Pronotal surface with dense coarse punctures except for three smooth elevated areas; procoxal cavities open posteriorly (Figs. 1–14, 73) Brazil (Bahia and Minas Gerais)............................................ P. nigritarsis Gounelle, 1911

2(1). Elytra constricted at apical fifth; brush of setae with different colors on apical third.................................3

- Elytra not constricted at apical fifth; brush of setae with only one color........................................... 4

3(2). Apex of metatibiae and metatarsi covered with white setae; (Figs. 15, 73) French Guiana ............................................................................................ .. P. ingae Peñaherrera-Leiva & Tavakilian, 2004

- Apex of metatibiae and metatarsi covered with yellowish setae; (Figs. 16, 73) French Guiana and Brazil (Pará).......................................................................................... P. fulvitarsis Gounelle, 1911

4(2). Mesosternal process about half diameter of a mesocoxa; antennae, margin of elytra and metatibiae dark brown to black; clypeus covered with bright, whitish pubescence (Figs. 17−67, 73) Brazil (Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná and Santa Catarina)......................... P. fugax Thomson, 1864

- Mesosternal process about 1/4 diameter of a mesocoxa; antennae, margin of elytra and metatibiae light brown to reddish brown; clypeus glabrous (Figs. 68−73) Argentina, Brazil (Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul) and Paraguay ............................................................................................... P. jacobi Fuchs, 1961