Thaumastodinae Champion, 1924

Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki, 2019, Review of the Asian Thaumastodinae (Coleoptera, Byrrhoidea, Limnichidae), with a phylogeny of the genera, European Journal of Taxonomy 583, pp. 1-45 : 4

Subfamily Thaumastodinae Champion, 1924

Thaumastodinae Champion, 1924a: 25 (type genus: Thaumastodus Champion, 1924 [junior synonym of Pseudeucinetus Heller, 1921 ]).

Thaumastodinae – Spilman 1959: 111; 1972: 113 [key to genera]. — Skelley 2005: 119.

Diagnosis

Body elongate to oblong, slightly shining, closely covered with short suberect setae. Eyes ( Fig. 2 ) large, situated on dorso-lateral parts of head, separated narrowly on vertex. Antennae short to relatively short, 7- or 11-segmented, compactly articulated in terminal 6 antennomeres. Basal margin of elytra not crenulate. Tarsal formula 4-4-4 or 4-5-5. Hind legs long, capable of jumping; hind tibiae bearing spines. Sexual dimorphism distinct in fore tarsi (genus Pseudeucinetus ) or in sternite VII.

Figures

Fig. 2. Head in frontal (A, C, E) and lateral (B, D, F) views. A, D. Acontosceles chujoi Yoshitomi & Satô, 2005. B, E. Mexico masamii (Satô, 1994). C, F. Pseudeucinetus zygops Heller, 1921.