Mecotetartus Bates, 1872

(Fig. 38)

Mecotetartus Bates, 1872: 213 .

Type species — Mecotetartus antennatus Bates, 1872 (monotypy).

Eutessus LeConte, 1873: 235 .

Type species — Eutessus asper LeConte, 1873 (monotypy).

Diagnosis. Body elongated.Antennae in male about four times body length; in male, antennomere III, and espe-

cially the IV noticeably longs. Prothorax with lateral tubercles placed near posterior margin. Elytra elongated, apex

somewhat narrowly rounded; surface sparsely tuberculate. Prosternal process about one-third as wide as procoxal

cavity, mesoventral process narrow. Number of species currently included: 1 (Mexico and Central America).