Three new Praociini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Peninsula Valdés (Argentina), with zoogeographical and ecological remarks
Author
Flores, Gustavo E.
Author
Carrara, Rodolfo
Author
Cheli, Germán H.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2965
39
50
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.205983
ec48a020-fd38-4176-8517-bc4d2a065cab
1175-5326
205983
Genus
Calymmophorus
Solier, 1840
Generic characteristics.
The five known species of
Calymmophorus
are characterized by head hypognathus; antennae reaching 3/4 along lateral margin of pronotum; anterior area of clypeus bent downwards forming a right angle, with margin broadened; genae fused with clypeus; pronotum with anterior margin hood-shaped, produced anteriorly over the head; anterior angles acute; lateral margin at a lower level than disc; prosternum horizontal, posteriorly subrectangular, not expanded, with distinctive anterior margin projected anteriorly covering mouthparts ventrally; each elytron with two carinae halfway between suture and lateral margin (
Kulzer 1958
).