Tarsostenus SPINOLA , 1844

Opitz, Weston, G, Paratillus & B, Tarsostenodes, 2016, Classification, natural history, and evolution of Tarsosteninae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part IV. Taxonomy of the Tarsostenodes complex of Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and Tasmania, Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (1), pp. 587-636 : 614

Tarsostenus SPINOLA, 1844

Tarsostenus SPINOLA, 1844: 287 . Type species: Clerus univittatus ROSSI. By monotypy. There is ample historical literature cited in CORPORAAL, 1950: 304. More recently, the genus was mentioned by BÖVING, 1920: 612, EKIS & GUPTA, 1971: 63 (alimentary canal), MATTHEWS, 1992: 5, GERSTMEIER 1998: 199, KOLIBÁČ, 2003: 50, and OPITZ, 2012: 32.

Tarsostenosis HELLER, 1916: 277. nov.syn. CORPORAAL, 1950: 304. OPITZ, 2012: 28.

Having examined the aedeagus of a new species akin to Tasostenosis tricolor HELLER , the type of the genus, I now conclude that there are no sufficiently significant discontinuities between Tasostenosis and Tarsostenus .

D i a g n o s i s: Within the Tarsostenodes complex only specimens of Tarsostenus have a distinctly formed dorsolateral carina at the posterior half of the pronotum.

A p o t y p i e s: One pair of male accessory glands; 4 larval ocelli.

D e s c r i p t i o n: This genus is redescribed and illustrated in OPITZ (2012).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: This genus is known from Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and

Tasmania. T. univittatus is cosmopolitan.