Pristoderus, Hope
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3239.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6312204 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E787C5-5E37-736E-FF3B-B3D5D24773A4 |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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Pristoderus |
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P. saccharatus species-group
Diagnosis. This group of species is characterised by the following morphological characters: body convex, relatively short (ratio max length / max width: 1.5–1.88; except P. tomentosus with more elongate elytra and ratio reaching 2.05); eyes lacking interfacetal setae; pronotum distinctly transverse, as wide as elytra; pronotum with dorsal median process anteriorly prominent and complex, widely lobate antero-lateral margins; elytra less than 1.5 times as long as wide, straight to sinuate and with distinctly indented margins; strongly prominent tubercles on 3rd elytral interval (joined to form a crest or not) and 5th interval.
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