Published March 20, 2012 | Version v1
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Pristoderus Hope

Description

P. interruptus species-group

Diagnosis. This group of species is characterised by the following morphological features: body flattened, elongate (ratio max length / max width: 2.35–3.09); eyes with short, squamiform interfacetal setae (except P. pustulosus without setae); angulate structure between antennal insertion and eye, visible in lateral view; pronotum narrower than elytra, without prominent median process; elytra at least 1.5 times as long as wide, lateral margins straight and smooth; elytra simple, costate or with low tubercles.

Notes

Published as part of Turco, Federica, Ślipiński, Adam & Lambkin, Christine L., 2012, Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae), pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 3239 on page 4, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3239.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/280436

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Biodiversity

Family
Zopheridae
Genus
Pristoderus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hope
Taxon rank
genus