Nemonychidae and Anthribidae of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)
Author
Janicki, Julia
Author
Young, Daniel K.
text
Insecta Mundi
2017
2017-10-27
2017
579
1
36
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5169237
1942-1354
5169237
72D7076B-FB3E-442B-BD55-43342373ACE2
Genus
Piesocorynus
Dejean
Piesocorynus
Dejean 1834: 235
.
Camptotropis
Jekel 1855: 136
.
Type
species.
Euparius dispar
Gyllenhal, 1833
, by monotypy.
Generic diagnosis.
Piesocorynus
can be distinguished by the oval, entire and coarsely faceted eyes (14–24 longitudinal rows of facets). The only other genus with this character is
Brevibarra
, which is not recorded from
Wisconsin
. It can also be recognized by the length of the 3
rd
antennal segment (longer than either the 2
nd
or 4
th
), lobed elytral bases overhanging the pronotal base, and by the apically rounded intercoxal process of the mesothoracic sternum.