Taxonomy and distribution of Sternotrigon Skopin in China (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)
Author
Ba, Yi-Bin
Author
Ren, Guo-Dong
text
Zootaxa
2013
3693
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3693.4.9
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1175-5326
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Genus
Sternotrigon
Skopin, 1973
Sternotrigon
Skopin, 1973: 109
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Type
species:
Trigonoscelis setosa
Bates, 1879
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Diagnosis.
This genus can be easily distinguished from other Pimeliini genera by the even, small elytral granules. In cross section, the meso- and metatibiae are slightly rounded or broadly oval, sometimes slightly square, but not compressed; the apex of each protibial outer margin exhibits an obvious keel. Elytral tubercles are entirely lacking, with obviously flat ribs. The prosternal process is often distinctly protruding posteriorly and mostly not curving. Meso- and metatarsi with elongate, sparse setae; those on inner margins as long as on outer margins.