Scolytoplatypodini Blandford

Jordal, Bjarte H., 2013, Deep phylogenetic divergence between Scolytoplatypus and Remansus, a new genus of Scolytoplatypodini from Madagascar (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae), ZooKeys 352, pp. 9-33 : 11

Scolytoplatypodini Blandford

Revised diagnosis.

Female.Frons flattened to convex; antennal club flat, pilose, without sutures; pronotum with a dorsal mycangium (except seven species), pronotum weakly to strongly constricted laterally in posterior third, hind corners rounded or acute, posterior margin straight to strongly bisinuate; scutellum visible, narrow and sunken or broader and flush with elytra; procoxae widely separated; protibiae broad, on its posterior side with coarse granules and blunt spines, some forming rugae.

Male. Similar to female except frons slightly to very strongly concave, pronotum without mycangium, some with anterior fovea on lateral sides (Asian species), laterally constricted or not in posterior third; protibiae generally smooth on posterior side, sides straight to strongly curved and asymmetrical, laterally with small or large lateral spines.

Included genera.

Scolytoplatypus Schaufuss and Remansus Jordal, gen. n.

Distribution.

Asia, Africa and Madagascar.