Tagenostola Reitter, 1916

Tagenostola Reitter, 1916:151 (original description). Type species: Stenosis turkestanica Reitter, 1886, subsequently designatated by GEBIEN (1937).

Diagnosis. The genus Tagenostola is characterized by eyes not divided into upper and lower parts by genae; eyes in lateral view not diminished to narrow transverse band of facets in lower part; pronotum longer than wide and distinctly narrower than head; tempora almost straightly narrowed to cervical constriction; elytra are on humeral part suddenly narrowed to base.

Remarks. ARNDT & FERRER (1997) stated that the type species is T. turkestanica (Reitter, 1886) by ‘original description’. However, REITTER (1916) did not designate any type species for Tagenostola, but just included T. turkestanica and T. muelleri Reitter, 1916 in the genus. Subsequently GEBIEN (1937) stated that the type species is T. turkestanica, which the author of the present paper considers the type species designation.