Pycnomerus Erichson, 1842

Bukejs, Andris, Alekseev, Vitalii I., Cooper, David M. L., King, Gavin A. & Mckellar, Ryan C., 2019, A new fossil species of Pycnomerus Erichson (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) from Baltic amber, and a replacement name for a Recent North American congener, Zootaxa 4550 (4), pp. 565-572 : 566

Genus Pycnomerus Erichson, 1842

Remarks. The specimen considered here was assigned to the genus Pycnomerus on the basis of the following morphological characters: (1) tarsal formula 4-4-4; (2) procoxal process expanded at apex, wider than coxal cavity, with apex truncate; (3) procoxal cavities externally closed; (4) pro- and metacoxae widely separated; (5) antennal setation sparse; (6) body glabrous, parallel-sided; (7) eyes rounded, entire (not divided by genal canthus), finely faceted, without interfacetal setae; (8) each elytron with 10 striae; (9) subantennal grooves indistinct; and (10) hypomeron without antennal cavities.