World reclassification of the Cardiophorinae (Coleoptera, Elateridae), based on phylogenetic analyses of morphological characters
Author
Douglas, Hume B.
text
ZooKeys
2017
655
1
130
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.655.11894
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.655.11894
1313-2970-655-1
8C475FAB25E044CEA2FBC3B83F316D8C
8C475FAB25E044CEA2FBC3B83F316D8C
Diocarphus Fleutiaux, 1947
Figs 22
Diocarphus
Fleutiaux, 1947a: 364. stat. n., raised to genus rank.
Phorocardius
:
subgenus Diocarphus
Fleutiaux, 1947a: 364. Type species:
Phorocardius solitarius
Fleutiaux, 1931: 309.
Diagnosis.
Head. Head with single pit between antennal fossa and eye. Prothorax. Pronotum with lateral carina not reaching anterior edge, hidden in dorsal view by overhanging edge of dorsal part of pronotum (= submarginal line); procoxal cavities closed. Pterothorax. Anterior edge of scutellum emarginate. Legs. Tarsomere 4 without ventral lobe or pad extending beyond base of tarsomere 5; tarsal claws with two apices per side.
Also. Legs. tarsal claws with ventral surface concave mesad of basal apex (Fig. 22). Bursa Copulatrix. Proximal (largest) sclerites ovoid (Fig. 113, right); paired distal sclerites absent (i.e. a second pair, farther from vagina, at base of spermathecal gland duct); base of spermathecal gland duct with tube-like sclerotisation, (Fig. 113, left), without paired plate-like appendages attached. Known from Vietnam, 1 sp.