Eotenebroides Ren, 1995

Kolibac, Jiri, 2013, Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys, ZooKeys 366, pp. 1-194 : 48

† Genus Eotenebroides Ren, 1995 Map 5

Tenebroidinae Ren, D. 1995: 88 [in Chinese], 189 [in English] (, = Trogossitidae , Trogossitinae ).

Type species.

Eotenebroides tumoculus Ren, 1995

Ren, D. 1995: 89 [species description in Chinese only]. Kolibáč, J. & Huang, D.-Y. 2008: 141 ( Trogossitini )

English description of the genus.

" Head triangular, longer than wide. Eyes distinct, larger, situated laterally at median. Last 3 segments of antennae not thickened. Basal part of lateral margin of pronotum not narrowed. Scutellum larger. Coxa of middle and hind legs very close. Elytra not longer than abdomen, surface with 5 visible longitudinal streaks. Length 6.1 mm, width 2.4 mm. " ( Ren 1995: 189).

Translation of Chinese description of the species.

" Head: head slightly longer than wide; mandible robust, slightly curved; antenna with 11 segments, scapus a littler longer than others, length of other segments similar to one another, last three segments not thickened; eyes large, around 1/3 as long as head (excluding mandible), not projecting, clearly separated from front edge of pronotum. Thorax: pronotum longer than wide, anterior edge concave, anterio-lateral angles projecting, sharp, posterio-lateral angles rounded, posterior edge straight, as long as anterior edge; connection of pronotum with elytra forming a neck; scutellum large, triangular; metepisternum visible, not making contact with mid-coxa; front coxae transverse, well-separated, femur thick; middle coxae rounded, close to one another, femur thicker than tibia; hind coxae nearly rounded, close to one another, hind femur as wide as middle femur. Elytra: elytra does not reach end of abdomen, its base as wide as pronotum, equipped with 5 longitudinal ridges. Abdomen: 6 sternites visible. " ( Ren 1995: 89).

Distribution.

China: SW of Beijing, Chongqing reservoir; Mesozoic: Lower Cretaceous, Lushangfen formation.

Species:

† Eotenebroides tumoculus Ren, 1995; China: SW of Beijing; Lower Cretaceous (AD)

Ren, D. 1995: 88 [species description in Chinese only]. Kolibáč, J. & Huang, D.-Y. 2008: 141

Figures

Map 5. A distribution of the tribe Trogossitini.