Procletes Bate, 1888

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Genus Procletes Bate, 1888

Remarks. – The type species of this genus had long been known as Heterocarpoides levicarina (cf. Chace, 1985). Bate (1888) simultaneously described Procletes biangulatus Bate, 1888 and Dorodotes levicarina Bate, 1888 . Menon (1972) interpreted that the two taxa are conspecific, and through the first reviser action of Menon the name levicarina was given precedence over biungulatus. Dorodotes levicarina is generically distinct from Dorodotes reflexus Bate, 1888 , the type species of the genus. Thus the generic name Procletes , which has a priority over Heterocarpoides , should be used.