Euschizomerus Chaudoir 1850

Jithmon, V. A. & Thomas, Sabu K., 2018, Taxonomy of Euschizomerus Chaudoir 1850 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Panagaeinae) from India with a new species and new synonym, Zootaxa 4471 (2), pp. 361-368 : 362

Genus Euschizomerus Chaudoir 1850

Chaudoir, 1850: 413; Lacordaire,1854: 212; Chaudoir, 1878:157

Type: Eushizomerus buquetti Chaudoir 1850

Type Locality: “ Guinea ” ( Africa )

Head: Indentation of the mentum simple, straight, shallow. Labrum indented in an arc of a circle and depressed towards the anterior margin. Antennae longer and larger. Palpi more elongated; last article less securiform.

Legs: Tarsi larger, covered with closely placed bristles forming a brush underneath; 1 st segment elongated, narrowing slightly towards the base; the two following segments shorter, slightly cordiform, segments of the anterior tarsi larger than those of the posterior tarsi; longer than wide; the fourth segment deeply bilobed, a little wider and much longer than the preceding one; lobes rather narrow, longer than the non-split portion of the segment.