Brachytrycherus Arrow, 1920

Chang, Ling-Xiao, Bi, Wen-Xuan & Ren, Guo-Dong, 2016, Two new species of Brachytrycherus Arrow, 1920 from China (Coleoptera, Endomychidae), ZooKeys 595, pp. 137-146 : 139

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Endomychidae

Brachytrycherus Arrow, 1920

Brachytrycherus Arrow, 1920: 12.

Type species.

Brachytrycherus perotteti Arrow, 1920.

Diagnosis.

The species of Brachytrycherus resemble those of Ohtaius and Gerstaeckerus in having the body black or blackish-brown, elytral maculae transverse, most often orange or yellow. These genera share the feature of having the mandibles chisel-shaped apically. However, Brachytrycherus can be distinguished from these other genera by the following combination of characters: 1) body less elongate; 2) head with well-developed gular sutures; 3) mesoventral process with sides parallel; 4) maxillary laciniae with tuft of S-like setae apically ( Tomaszewska 2005).