Phaenocephalus

Gimmel, Matthew L., 2013, <strong> Genus-level revision of the family Phalacridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) </ strong>, Zootaxa 3605 (1), pp. 1-147 : 18

PHAENOCEPHALUS -GROUP

Phaenocephalidae Matthews 1899: 205 . Type genus: Phaenocephalus Wollaston.

Diagnosis. This group may be recognized by the posteriorly narrowed head capsule, the cylindrical antennal club, the elevated mesoventral disc, and the compressed metatarsi. The exposed portion of the metacoxae appears to extend less laterally than those of other Phalacridae , so that the metanepisternum and first abdominal ventrite are in broader contact. This group corresponds to the subfamily Phaenocephalinae proposed by Lawrence and Newton (1995).

Distribution and diversity. Nineteen recognized species, occurring in the Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australian regions.

Included genera (3). Phaenocephalus Wollaston , Phalacrinus Blackburn , Ranomafanacrinus Gimmel.