Scirtes, Illiger, 1807

Ruta, Rafał & Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki, 2010, Revision of the genus Exochomoscirtes Pic (Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Scirtinae) 2598, Zootaxa 2598 (1), pp. 1-80 : 16

Key to genera related to Scirtes based on the adults

1 Hind coxae touching one another along full length of median line .............................................................................. 3

- Hind coxae separated or touching each other only in basal portion, diverging posteriorly.......................................... 2

2 Elytra rugose, with distinct sculpture, aedeagus short and broad, symmetrical, body oval, distributed in the Oriental Region ................................................................................................................................................... Curtoscirtes Pic

- Elytra smooth, without sculpture, aedeagus asymmetrical, body oval and flattened or obong oval, pantropical ......................................................................................................................................................................... Ora Clark

3 Elytra with longitudinal striae and large transverse excitator in posterior portion of elytra, a single afrotropical species of uncertain relationships (males unknown) ............................................................................... Sulcatoscirtes Pic

- Elytra sometimes with longitudinal striae, but never with a large excitator in posterior portion of elytra................... 4

4 Maxillary palpi widened (especially in females), tegmen trifid, penis small, with oval or pear-shaped pala and filiform parameroids, prehensor tubular ............................................................................................. Exochomoscirtes Pic

- Maxillary palpi not widened, morphology of male and female genitalia not as above .................................................. ............................................... Scirtes Illiger (an artificial taxon grouping over 350 species of uncertain relationships)