Pachyanthrax François, 1964
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Pachyanthrax François, 1964 b: 929 . Type species: Pachyanthrax villiersi François, 1964 , by original designation.
Comments: After Pachyanthrax had been described for a new species from Senegal, it became apparent that certain anomalous species that had been placed in Thyridanthrax , Villa or Exoprosopa , belonged to this genus. The species are broad-bodied and have an Exoprosopa -like vestiture.
Keys: Palaearctic, Engel (1932 –7); Afrotropical, Bezzi (1924), both as Thyridanthrax . Distribution:Afrotropical and Palaearctic Regions. North Africa: 3 species; Pachyanthrax albosegmentatus (Engel) ( Egypt) , P. circe (Klug) ( Egypt) , P. nomadorum (Greathead) ( Morocco) .Africa South of the Sahara:5 species; P. cunamae (Greathead) ( Eritrea, Kenya), P. lutulentus (Bezzi) ( Botswana, Namibia), P. nomadorum ( Nigeria, Mauritania), P vetulus (Wiedemann) ( Eritrea, Sudan), P. villiersi François ( Niger, Senegal).
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