Zeadolopus Broun, 1903

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2013, Systematics and distributions of the genera Cyrtusa Erichson, Ecarinosphaerula Hatch, Isoplastus Horn, Liocyrtusa Daffner, Lionothus Brown, and Zeadolopus Broun of the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae: Leiodini), Insecta Mundi 2013 (310), pp. 1-32 : 18

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scientific name	Zeadolopus Broun, 1903
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Zeadolopus Broun, 1903 View in CoL

Zeadolopus Broun, 1903: 614 View in CoL . Type species: Zeadolopus spinipes Broun, 1903 View in CoL ; by monotypy. Daffner 1982: 211; 1983: 138, 1988: 295; Newton 1983: 173.

Apheloplastus Brown, 1937b: 173 View in CoL . Type species: Cyrtusa egena LeConte, 1853 View in CoL ; by original designation; synonymy by Newton 1983: 173.

Diagnosis. Body strongly convex. Antenna with 10 antennomeres with 4-antennomere club. Mandibles together forming semicircle; left mandible with large tooth on basal one-third. Ventral side of head with distinct antennal grooves below the eyes. Mesosternum vertical between the mesocoxae, not carinate. Tibiae expanded, shovel-like, their outer margins with strong spines. Tarsal formula 5-5- 4 in both sexes. Males distinguished by large tooth-like expansion on lower margin of metafemur.

Distribution. The distribution of the genus is worldwide except for polar and the Afrotropical regions ( Newton 1998).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Leiodidae