Catopocerini, Hatch, 1927

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2011, Systematics, distributions and bionomics of the Catopocerini (eyeless soil fungivore beetles) of North America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Catopocerinae) 3077, Zootaxa 3077 (1), pp. 1-118 : 12-13

Key to genera of Catopocerini

Adapted in part from Perreau and Růžička 2007: 263

1 Epistomal suture with a median stem. Metaventrite with a median carina. Tarsal formula 5-5- 5 in both sexes............. 2

– Epistomal suture without a median stem. Metaventrite without a median carina. Tarsal formula 5-5- 3 in males, 4-4- 3 in females.................................................................................... Perkovskius

2 Antennomeres 7, 9 and 10 each bearing several teeth. Metaventrite and first visible abdominal sternite with setose paired impressions. Spiculum gastrale absent. Parameres separate from basal piece. Anterior apophysis absent from female sternite 8........................................................................................... Catopocerus

– Antennomeres 7, 9 and 10 without teeth. Metaventrite and first visible abdominal sternite without setose paired impressions. Spiculum gastrale present. Parameres continuous with basal piece. Anterior apophysis present on female sternite 8. Pinodytes