Chaetophloeus, OPITZ AND, 2004

OPITZ, WESTON, 2004, Classification, Natural History, And Evolution Of The Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part Ii. The Genera Chaetophloeus Opitz And Plocamocera Spinola, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2004 (280), pp. 1-82 : 21

DIAGNOSIS OF CHAETOPHLOEUS , NEW GENUS

Specimens of this monotypic genus are most conveniently identified by the profuse presence of stout bristles (chaetosomes) on the dorsum of their forebody and elytra (figs. 26, 37). Other outstanding characteristics include the substantial length of the antennal scape, very globose pedicel, and lengthened antennal sensilla trichodea. These trichodea are slightly longer than the width of the antennomeres of the antennal club. The antennal sensilla trichodea of the antennal club are considerably longer in the members of Plocamocera , than they are in the members of this genus, the presumed sister taxon of Chaetophloeus .