Cerocoma (Mesocerocoma), Kaszab, 1951

Turco, Federica & Bologna, Marco A., 2011, Systematic revision of the genus Cerocoma Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Cerocomini) 2853, Zootaxa 2853 (1), pp. 1-71 : 43

Subgenus Mesocerocoma Kaszab, 1951

Mesocerocoma Kaszab, 1951: 259 ; Bologna, 1991: 145.

Type species. Cerocoma scovitzi Faldermann, 1837: 117 , by original designation.

Subgenus diagnosis. Body length: 12–13 mm. Head, pronotum, and thoracic sternites black or partially orange, never metallic. Male frontal calli well developed and raised over the head, without any lateral depression over the eyes; very close to each other in the middle of frons ( Fig. 5B ). Male antennae strongly modified: antennomere I dorsally expanded to form a high and large keel; II small and subcylindrical; III swollen and with a pointed expansion directed outwards; IV–VI enlarged, flattened and very close to each other; VII small and slightly enlarging from base to apex; VIII slightly swollen; IX subtriangular and extremely swollen, with a pointed and curved expansion on inner side. Male maxillary palpomeres modified: palpomere I slightly short and swollen; II–III enlarged, flattened and curved; IV elongate and slightly enlarged, flattened and curved.

Male protibiae dorso-ventrally flattened and anteriorly enlarged, without any dorsal keel.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Male head, dorsal view: A, C. schreberi; B, C. scovitzi; C, C. vahli; D, C. adamovichiana; E, C. kunzei; F, C. schaefferi. Scale bar = 1 mm.