Review of the Canadian Eustrophinae (Coleoptera, Tetratomidae)
Author
Pollock, Darren
Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, United States of America
text
ZooKeys
2008
2008-09-04
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10.3897/zookeys.2.30
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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
.
This genus was described by
Nikitsky (1983)
on the basis of examination of
Hallomenus klapperichi
Pic
, which is now included in, and
type
species of
Pseudoholostrophus
. According to
Nikitsky (1998)
,
Pseudoholostrophus
differs from
Holostrophus
in its smaller and more weakly emarginate eyes, and the prosternal process not extending behind the posterior edge of the procoxae. Th ere are four species in
Pseudoholostrophus
(
Nikitsky, 1998
)
, two of which are Nearctic (including
Canada
) in distribution. Th e other two species,
P
.
klapperichi
(Pic)
and
P
.
chinensis
Nikitsky
, are known from
China
.
Nikitsky (1998)
divided the genus into two subgenera; all species other than
P
.
discolor
(Horn)
are placed in the nominate subgenus.
Holostrophus discolor
(Horn)
was transferred to
Pseudoholostrophus
(
Holostrophinus
)
by
Nikitsky (1998)
.