Key separating the genera Anilaroides and Tetragonoschema

1 Body elongate, Anthaxia -like; elytra 1.9–2.3 times as long as wide, covering entire abdomen including pygidium, regularly, weakly convex or slightly depressed posteriad scutellum (Fig. 1, 2, 41); anal ventrite more or less horizontal; elytral epipleura narrow, not reaching elytral apex; elytra with conspicuous mirror-effect along posterior half of suture (as in Anilara Saunders, 1868).................................................................... Anilaroides Théry, 1934, stat. nov.

– Body conspicuously shortened, sometimes nearly as wide as long; elytra 1.1–1.4 times as long as wide, usually strongly uneven with several wide, deep depressions (e.g. Figs. 46–53); entire pygidium visible from above, anal ventrite nearly vertical; elytral epipleura reaching or nearly reaching elytral suture (Figs. 59, 60); elytra without a distinct mirror-effect................................................................................. Tetragonoschema Thomson, 1857