Cenophorus Mulsant and Rey, 1859

Ivie, Michael A. & Hart, Charles J., 2016, Redefinition ofDiastolinusMulsant and Rey, with a Review of West Indian Blapstinoid Genera (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Opatrini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 70 (3), pp. 447-481 : 447-481

Cenophorus Mulsant and Rey, 1859 ( Figs. 12–18 , 53 )

Cenophorus Mulsant and Rey 1859: 113, 1860: 177 , type species: Cenophorus viduus Mulsant and Rey, 1859 by monotypy; Gebien 1938: 400 [413]; Iwan 2004: 739.

Remarks. This monotypic genus is limited to Hispaniola, and is readily identified by the unique pronotum which has the base depressed and lacking a marginal bead. The body is more cylindrical than any other West Indian blapstinoid. Recognition of this genus is based on its isolated morphological form

Figures

Figs. 12–18. Cenophorus viduus: 12) Dorsal habitus; 13) Humeral angle; 14) Aedeagus, dorsal view; 15) Aedeagus, lateral view; 16) Anterior face of elytron; 17) Head and thorax, ventral view; 18) Abdominal ventrites.

Fig. 53. Distribution of the West Indian and south Caribbean blapstinoids.