Cerophytidae

Costa, Cleide, Vanin, Sergio A. & Rosa, Simone P., 2014, Description of a new genus and species of Cerophytidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) from Africa with a cladistic analysis of the family, Zootaxa 3878 (3), pp. 248-260 : 251-252

Key to genera of Cerophytidae (modified from Costa et al., 2003)

1. Profemur (posterior surface) with longitudinal carina, upper distal angle rounded; posterior angles of pronotum acute and produced laterally; Holarctic Region................................................................ Cerophytum

- Profemur (posterior surface) without longitudinal carina, upper distal angle acute and produced; Posterior angles of pronotum not produced laterally ( Fig.1 ); southern Mexico, Central and South America, and Africa............................. 2

2(1) Chin piece strongly produced and rounded; elytral interstria IX strongly convex; southern Mexico, Central and South America...................................................................................... Brachycerophytum

- Chin piece weakly produced and truncate ( Fig.7 ); elytral interstria IX weakly convex ( Fig.2 )......................... 3

3(2) Elytra with additional subhumeral row of punctures between striae 8 and 9; coxites entire, not divided; southern Mexico, Central and South America........................................................................ Phytocerum Elytra without additional subhumeral row of punctures between striae 8 and 9 ( Figs. 2 , 6 ); coxites divided ( Figs. 21–23 ); Ethiopian Region..................................................................... Afrocerophytum , gen. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1 ‒ 2. Afrocerophytum vix Costa, Vanin & Rosa. Habitus, Holotype male, 1, dorsal; 2, lateral (photos G. Ide).

FIGURES 7 – 10. Afrocerophytum vix Costa, Vanin & Rosa. 7, prothorax (ventral); 8, maxillary palpus; 9, tergite and sternite VIII (dorsal view); 10, sternite IX and tergites IX and X (dorsal view). S = Sternite, T = Tergite.

FIGURES 5 – 6. Afrocerophytum vix Costa, Vanin & Rosa. Habitus, female from Equatorial Guinea, Nkolentangan, 5, dorsal; 6, lateral (photo I. Jenis).

FIGURES 20 – 22. Afrocerophytum vix Costa, Vanin & Rosa. 20, ovipositor and baculi; 21, 22, apical part of ovipositor (dorsal and ventral).

FIGURE 23. Afrocerophytum vix Costa, Vanin & Rosa. Apical part of ovipositor (ventral), (photo C. Costa).