Amorphopus Hancock, 1907
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Amorphopus Hancock, 1907 View in CoL
Type species
Amorphopus notabilis Serville, 1838.
Diagnosis
Body strongly depressed dorsoventrally and minutely granulate (Figs 1A View Fig. 1 , 2A View Fig. 2 , 3 View Fig. 3 ). Eyes globose, not prominent; vertex anteriorly truncated; face very distinctly oblique; frontal costa with a wide scutellum between the lower part of the eyes, slightly compressed-elevated, sinuate below (Figs 1B View Fig. 1 , 2B View Fig. 2 ). Lateral lobes of pronotum outwardly ampliate with both margins undulate. Tegmina oval and wings to the pronotum apex (Figs 1C View Fig. 1 , 2C View Fig. 2 ). Legs short, fore and middle femora flattened, foliaceous and clypeate (Figs 1E, F View Fig. 1 , 2E, F View Fig. 2 ), antegenicular tooth of the hind femur slightly developed, hind tibia very sparingly spinose, minutely serrulate; the first and third articles of the hind tarsi equal in length.
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