Scleropatroides, Löbl & Merkl, 2003

Löbl, I. & Merkl, O., 2003, On The Type Species Of Several Tenebrionid Genera And Subgenera (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 49 (3), pp. 243-253 : 250

Genus Scleropatroides gen. n.

Type species: Opatrum hirtulum BAUDI DI SELVE, 1876

Description. Tenebrioninae : Opatrini . Body parallel-sided, dorsal surface coarsely sculptured Eyes deeply emarginate but not completely divided. Antennae short, barely surpassing middle of pronotum Lateral margins of pronotum not bordered, explanate. Protibiae narrow. Elytra with lateral margin not or baerly visible from above; all or odd-numbered elytral interstriae narrow, carinate, with one row of granules. (cf. SEIDLITZ 1894: 418).

Scleropatroides breviusculus (REITTER, 1889) , new combination

Scleropatroides gallagheri (FERRER, 2003) , new combination

Scleropatroides hirtulus (BAUDI DI SELVE, 1876) , new combination

Scleropatroides patrizii (GRIDELLI, 1945) , new combination

Scleropatroides seidlitzi (REITTER, 1898) , new combination

Scleropatroides somalicus (FERRER, 1995) , new combination

Scleropatroides strigatus (FABRICIUS, 1798) , new combination

Scleropatroides turanicus ( REITTER, 1904) , new combination

The following taxa are here transferred from Monatrum to Scleropatrum :

Scleropatrum carinatum carinatum (GEBLER, 1829) , new combination

Scleropatrum carinatum relictum (SKOPIN, 1964) , new combination

Scleropatrum csikii (KASZAB, 1967) , new combination

Scleropatrum elongatum (GUÉRIN-MÉNEVILLE, 1834) , new combination

Scleropatrum horridum horridum REITTER, 1898 , as in the original combination Scleropatrum horridum humeralis (SKOPIN, 1963) , new combination

Scleropatrum mongolicum (KASZAB, 1967) , new combination

Scleropatrum prescottii (FALDERMANN, 1833) , new combination

Scleropatrum tuberculatum REITTER, 1877 , as in the original combination

Scleropatrum tuberculiferum REITTER, 1890 , as in the original combination