Pristoderus
- Dataset
- Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae)
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Zopheridae
- genus
- Pristoderus
diagnosis
Diagnosis. This group of species is characterised by the following morphological characters: body convex, relatively short (ratio max length / max width: 1.5 – 1.88; except P. tomentosus with more elongate elytra and ratio reaching 2.05); eyes lacking interfacetal setae; pronotum distinctly transverse, as wide as elytra; pronotum with dorsal median process anteriorly prominent and complex, widely lobate antero-lateral margins; elytra less than 1.5 times as long as wide, straight to sinuate and with distinctly indented margins; strongly prominent tubercles on 3 rd elytral interval (joined to form a crest or not) and 5 th interval.