Pristoderus Hope
- 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 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.