Genus Pogonistes Chaudoir, 1872

1. Pronotum sub-cordiform, scarcely narrowed in its posterior region (smooth sinuosity). Anterior angles of the pronotum glabrous. Larger size (5.5–6.0 mm). Tegument testaceous ........................... ................................................................................... Pogonistes testaceus testaceus (Dejean, 1828)

– Pronotum cordiform, clearly narrowed in its posterior region (marked sinuosity). Anterior angles of the pronotum with 1–3 short and fine setae. Smaller size (4.0–5.0 mm). Tegument brown with bronze sheen ............................................................................... Pogonistes gracilis (Dejean, 1828)