Fustigeropsis Raffray, 1890

Hlavác, Peter, 2007, Revision of the subtribe Clavigerodina and an annotated catalogue of South African Clavigeritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), African Invertebrates 48 (2), pp. 65-92 : 70

Genus Fustigeropsis Raffray, 1890

Fustigeropsis: Raffray 1890: 164 , 167; 1897: 116; 1908: 438 (redescription, list of species); Jeannel 1964: 211 (redescription).

Diagnosis:Head almost twice as long as wide, maximum width across eyes, rostrum slightly expanded anteriorly and rounded, temples behind eyes parallel, antennae 4-segmented, antennomere I minuscule, not visible dorsally, antennomeres II and III subequal in size, slightly longer than wide, terminal antennomere very long, more than 7 times as long as III, apex of terminal antennomere truncate, covered with dense, erect setae; pronotum slightly wider than long, rugose, with small antebasal fovea, lateral foveae well-defined, lacking any sulcus; elytra shorter than abdomen, bearing weakly defined trichomes on posterior part, pair of trichomes also present on composite tergum and first visible paratergites, basal impression of composite tergum well-defined, simple in male; all femora simple, lacking spines in both sexes, mesotibiae in male with sharp preapical spines.

Sexual dimorphism: In female, mesotibiae are simple and lacking spines, the composite tergum with three basal lobes that are created by a short but stout median carina.