A review of the Tillicera genus group with a revision of Plathanocera Schenkling (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae) Author Gerstmeier, Roland Author Stapel, Jessica text Zootaxa 2016 4193 3 517 540 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.3.4 22325f21-fd8c-4f1b-995d-9c5521079143 1175-5326 167212 8BD9BBFD-70D0-4518-8B13-C4E6005EDE27 Plathanocera Schenkling, 1902 ( Figs 5–11 ) Schenkling 1902: 329; Schenkling 1903a: 18; Schenkling 1903b: 26, 81. Type species: Plathanocera uniformis Schenkling, 1902 . Length: 6.5–12.0 mm (28 specimens measured). Head: Head including eyes broader than anterior width of pronotum. Antennae short, not protruding base of pronotum; A4 shorter than A3 and slightly dilated triangularly, A5 conspicuously flattened, broad and triangular, A6–A10 broader than long, A11 mostly with broadly rounded tip. Frons with a broad, longitudinal, slightly elevated gibbosity and laterally with slightly flattened pit. Gular process long, very narrow. Thorax: Pronotum slightly broader than long (length to width index 0.79:1–0.92:1). Prosternal process narrow, not dilated distally. Metendosternite narrow, slender, furcal arms diverging, relatively short, furcal lamina narrowly ovate, furcal stalk narrow. Anterior mesoventral process triangular, narrow, pointed, mostly margined. Elytra: Elytra relatively short, longer than broad (length to width index 1.59:1–1.97:1), conspicuously domed, broadest shortly behind middle, at apex constricted; ground color yellow-brown to red brown, apex frequently black. Diameter of punctures half as wide as interstices. Hind wings: MP3 and MP4 reaching the outer margin, AA4 slightly reduced, RC approximately square. Legs: Tarsal pulvillar formula 4-4-2; protarsal pulvillus I straight to slightly emarginate, II–IV increasingly deeply lobed; mesotarsus I with small pad, II with conspicuous pad, pulvilli III and IV deeply lobed; metatarsus I and II with pads, pulvilli III and IV deeply lobed. With or without tibial carinae.