Diocarphus Fleutiaux, 1947

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Diocarphus Fleutiaux, 1947 Figs 22

Diocarphus Fleutiaux, 1947a: 364. stat. n., raised to genus rank.

Phorocardius : subgenus Diocarphus Fleutiaux, 1947a: 364. Type species: Phorocardius solitarius Fleutiaux, 1931: 309.

Diagnosis.

Head. Head with single pit between antennal fossa and eye. Prothorax. Pronotum with lateral carina not reaching anterior edge, hidden in dorsal view by overhanging edge of dorsal part of pronotum (= submarginal line); procoxal cavities closed. Pterothorax. Anterior edge of scutellum emarginate. Legs. Tarsomere 4 without ventral lobe or pad extending beyond base of tarsomere 5; tarsal claws with two apices per side.

Also. Legs. tarsal claws with ventral surface concave mesad of basal apex (Fig. 22). Bursa Copulatrix. Proximal (largest) sclerites ovoid (Fig. 113, right); paired distal sclerites absent (i.e. a second pair, farther from vagina, at base of spermathecal gland duct); base of spermathecal gland duct with tube-like sclerotisation, (Fig. 113, left), without paired plate-like appendages attached. Known from Vietnam, 1 sp.