World reclassification of the Cardiophorinae (Coleoptera, Elateridae), based on phylogenetic analyses of morphological characters
Author
Douglas, Hume B.
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ZooKeys
2017
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.655.11894
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.655.11894
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Ryukyucardiophorus
Ohira
, 1973
Figs 161-162
Ryukyucardiophorus
Ohira
, 1973a: 32. Type species:
Paracardiophorus loochooensis
,
Miwa 1934
: 255.
Prothorax.
Pronotum with carina extending anterad from hind angles following lateral edge (ie, not below lateral edge of prothorax, but in some species not distinguishable from the dorsal hind angle carina), not reaching anterior edge. Legs. Protibiae not modified for digging; tarsi with tarsomere 4 not lobed or lamellate, claws with 2 points per side. Bursa copulatrix with paired proximal (largest) sclerites bilobed with attached semi-sclerotised membrane with spines (Fig. 162). Also. Procoxal cavities apparently closed; aedeagus parameres apices without lateral expansions. Known from Japan, and Taiwan, 4 spp.