Review of the Eustrophinae (Coleoptera, Tetratomidae) of America north of Mexico
Author
Pollock, Darren A.
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ZooKeys
2012
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.188.2976
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.188.2976
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Pseudoholostrophus Nikitsky 1983
Pseudoholostrophus
Nikitsky 1983
: 37.-Type species:
Hallomenus klapperichi
Pic 1954
(orig. des.);
Nikitsky 1998
: 40;
Young and Pollock 2002
: 416;
Nikitsky 2008
: 63;
Pollock 2008
: 268.
Note.
This genus was described by
Nikitsky (1983)
on the basis of examination of
Hallomenus klapperichi
Pic, which now is included in (and is the type species of)
Pseudoholostrophus
. According to
Nikitsky (1998)
,
Pseudoholostrophus
differs from
Holostrophus
in its smaller and more weakly emarginate eyes, and in the prosternal process not extending behind the posterior edge of the procoxae. There are four species in
Pseudoholostrophus
(
Nikitsky 1998
), two of which are Nearctic in distribution. The other two species,
Pseudoholostrophus klapperichi
(Pic) and
Pseudoholostrophus chinensis
Nikitsky, are known from China.
Nikitsky (1998)
divided the genus into two subgenera; all species other than
Pseudoholostrophus discolor
(Horn) are placed in the nominate subgenus.
Holostrophus discolor
(Horn) was transferred into the subgenus
Holostrophinus
of
Pseudoholostrophus
by
Nikitsky (1998)
. There are two Nearctic species in this genus.