Horistonotus Candeze , 1860

Douglas, Hume B., 2017, World reclassification of the Cardiophorinae (Coleoptera, Elateridae), based on phylogenetic analyses of morphological characters, ZooKeys 655, pp. 1-130 : 39

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scientific name

Horistonotus Candeze , 1860
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Horistonotus Candeze, 1860 View in CoL View at ENA Figs 132-139

Horistonotus Candèze, 1860: 243. Type species: Horistonotus flavidus Candèze, 1860: 250.

Diagnosis.

Prothorax. Pronotum with carina extending anterad from hind angles following lateral edge (ie, not below lateral edge of prothorax, but in some species not distinguishable from the dorsal hind angle carina), not reaching anterior edge. Legs. Tibiae not modified for digging; tarsi with tarsomere 4 not lobed or lamellate, tarsal claws with 2 or 7 points per side (Fig. 134). Also. Bursa copulatrix with paired proximal (largest) sclerites ovoid (Fig. 138). Known from South and North America, and the Antilles, 106 spp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Elateridae