Anchophthalmus (Kochogaster), Kamiński, 2015

Kamiński, Marcin Jan, 2015, Phylogenetic reassessment and biogeography of the Ectateus generic group (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Platynotina), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 (1), pp. 73-106 : 90

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/zoj.12263
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10543297
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scientific name	Anchophthalmus (Kochogaster)
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SUBGENUS KOCHOGASTER KAMIŃSKI & RAŚ, 2011

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Type species: Anchophthalmus impressicollis Fairmaire, 1897 ; by original designation.

Diagnostic characters: Kochogaster is distinguished from the subgenus Anchophthalmus by having pronotal margins not erected upwards (character 15:0), hypomeron with coarse punctures (character 20:1) and disconnected bases of the first four elytral rows.

Kochogaster is separated from all other Platynotina by having the base of the fourth elytral interval protruding towards the front of the body.

Distribution: Kenya.

Species composition (two species): Anchophthalmus gerardi (Kamin´ ski & Iwan, 2013a) comb. nov., Anchophthalmus impressicollis Fairmaire, 1897 .