Pseudomicrocara Armstrong, 1953

Libonatti, María Laura & Ruta, Rafał, 2013, Review of the Argentinean species of Pseudomicrocara Armstrong (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 3718 (2), pp. 137-157 : 168

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3718.2.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5685335

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scientific name

Pseudomicrocara Armstrong, 1953
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Pseudomicrocara Armstrong, 1953

Pseudomicrocara Armstrong, 1953: 19 –32 (n. gen. Type species: Pseudomicrocara orientalis Armstrong, 1953 , by original designation).

Pseudomicrocara: Watts 2007: 1 –80 (revision of Australian species); Ruta 2011: 1689–1713 ( Chile).

Diagnosis. Pronotum rectangular or trapezoidal, anterolateral angles rounded. Prosternal process laminar. Mandibles with an area of spines on molar region. Segment 3 of labial palpi arising from apex of segment 2 (in several Australian species segment 3 arising from the lateral portion of segment 2). Front edge of paraglossa bilobed. Aedeagus symmetrical. Penis composed of a basal piece (pala), paired parameroids and an apical simple trigonium (apex bifid in some cases). Tegmen composed of two parameres broad at base, narrowing to the apex. Styli present in most species. Ventrite 4 bearing a dense patch of setae in females of several species. Hind femora not saltatorial.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scirtidae

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