Tophoderes Dejean, 1834

Trýzna, Miloš & Baňař, Petr, 2015, A new species of Tophoderes Dejean from northern Madagascar with a checklist of the species (Coleoptera: Anthribidae), Zootaxa 3905 (2), pp. 264-272 : 265

Tophoderes Dejean, 1834

Recognition. Head comparatively long, rostrum longer, extended apically, with one central longitudinal carina, without depression in middle. Eyes spherical, not emarginate. Antennae of males reaching to posterior margin of pronotum or longer (last two antennomeres can extend beyond this point), antennae of females shorter, not reaching posterior margin of pronotum. Funicle thick, robust, antennal club 3-segmented. Pronotum slightly transverse, dorsal transverse carina distinct. Large-sized species, from 11 mm (smallest specimens of T. sinuatocollis Jordan, 1895 ) to more than 32 mm ( T. annulatus Waterhouse, 1875 and T. murinus Allaud, 1899 ) in body length.