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Zorochros Thompson 1859

Description

Genus Zorochros Thompson 1859

Zorochros Thompson 1859, Skand. Col., 1: 106.

Type species: Elater demustoides Herbst 1806, Käfer, 10: 85. (Europe), by original designation. Zorochrus [sic] Thompson 1864, Skand. Col., VI: 116. nom. emendation. Chibistrius Kishii 1976: 27, as a subgenus of Pronegastrius Ôhira 1963. Type species: Hypnoidus lewisi Schwarz 1907: 316, by original designation, synonymized by Ôhira 1988: 17 to Zorochrus

[sic].

Diagnosis. Body moderately to greatly convex, 2–5mm long generally. Head flat between eyes, frontal carina distinct; second and third antennomeres sub-equal in general; fourth to tenth antennomeres feebly serrate or almost filiform. Pronotum subtrapezoid, surface entirely or partly rugose with granulate punctures. pleurosternal sutures double-lined broadly. Legs simple or emarginate in inner margins of femur and tibia.

Distribution. Palaearctic, Oriental Region, North Africa, North and Central America.

Notes

Published as part of Han, Taeman, Park, In Gyun & Park, Haechul, 2015, Two new species of the genus Zorochros (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Negastriinae) from Korea, pp. 261-269 in Zootaxa 3904 (2) on page 262, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3904.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/235224

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Elateridae
Genus
Zorochros
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Thompson
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Zorochros Thompson, 1859 sec. Han, Park & Park, 2015

References

  • Kishii, T. (1976) New Negastriinae with some notes. Some forms of Elateridae in Japan (X). Bulletin of the Heian High School Kyoto, Japan, 20, 17 - 46.
  • Ohira, H. (1988) On the generic classification of the subfamily Negastriinae in Japan (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Transactions of Essa Entomological Society, Niigata, 66, 3 - 17.