Micropsephodes Champion, 1913

Leschen, Richard A. B. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2000, A New Species Of Micropsephodes From Southern United States (Coleoptera: Endomychidae: Anamorphinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (2), pp. 232-238 : 233

Micropsephodes Champion

Type species: Micropsephodes serraticornis Champion, 1913:119

Diagnosis. Form round­convex, integument glabrous, vestiture of very sparse setae (more or less absent in some specimens), with the exception of ventrites and labrum. Head transverse and partially concealed beneath pronotum. Eyes large and prominent. Antennae 8­segmented, first segment elongate, second ovate, third through fifth small, last three larger and forming a welldefined club. Mola with well­developed hyaline prostheca. Lacinia narrow in width; apex with one or two setae; galea bearing well developed spine­like setae; terminal maxillary palpomere subulate. Mentum transverse; terminal labial palpomere globular. Pronotum broadly lobed basally, lacking carinae or sulci, with narrow lateral margins. Base of pronotum near marginal bead with a fine row of micropunctures. Prosternum small, narrow, produced medially to form a narrow intercoxal process narrowly separating the procoxae. Mesosternum flat, intercoxal process quadrate and widely separating mesocoxae. Metasternum twice length of mesosternum medially. Metacoxae widely separated by intercoxal process of first abdominal sternite. Elytron bearing very sparse erect setae; row of erect setae on margin of epipleural carina; apex in male lacking tubercle. Tarsi 3­segmented, first and third segments elongate, second short; claws basally smooth; basal protarsomere of male not modified into a ‘‘file.’’

Comments. Champion (1913) described the genus as having 7­segmented antennae, but noted that an additional segment of the funicle may be present and difficult to observe in pinned material (see also Strohecker 1953). We confirmed that there are 8­segments in the antennae of specimens that are cleared in KOH and examined with a compound microscope.