Antibothrus morimotoi Sasaji, an Old World cocoon-forming beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea: Bothrideridae) newly established in North America Author Mcelrath, Thomas C. Author Androw, Robert A. Author Mchugh, Joseph V. text Zootaxa 2016 4154 3 323 330 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.3.7 b9ae4b92-e838-4fe3-88a6-745043097374 1175-5326 262622 5C4DC60C-43CD-41E9-86E9-AA51AB93E8DE Antibothrus Sharp 1885 Systematics . Antibothrus is a predominantly Old World genus of cocoon-forming beetles with 17 described species ( Ślipiński et al. 1989 ). Most of the species occur in Madagascar and Africa ( Ślipiński 1982 ), but three species are known from Japan ( Sasaji 1997 ; Narukawa 2002 ; Aoki 2009 ), one from Russia ( Nikitsky 1985a , b ), and one from Sri Lanka ( Sharp 1885 ). Generic diagnosis . In America north of Mexico, this genus can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters (modified from Ślipiński et al. 1989 ) ( Fig. 1 ): Small (less than 3 mm long), moderately to strongly convex. Head produced, eyes large, protuberant. Antennae 11-segmented with 2-segmented club, with terminal segment smaller than penultimate. Pronotum hexagonal in outline (although only vaguely so in A. morimotoi ). Elytra with alternate intervals carinate, even intervals usually punctate. Procoxae narrowly separated, intercoxal process produced into single lobe. Metaventrite and abdominal ventrite 1 without postcoxal lines. Tibiae expanded toward apices.