Legalov, Lu, Xiuxia, Legalov, Anderi A. & Zhang, Runzhi, 2005

Lu, Xiuxia, Legalov, Anderi A. & Zhang, Runzhi, 2005, A New Subgenus And Two New Species Of Magdalis Germar From Northern China (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Magdalinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 59 (3), pp. 369-378 : 373

Amblyodontomagdalis Lu and Legalov , new subgenus

Type species. Magdalis (Amblyodontomagdalis) flatus Lu and Zhang , new species.

Diagnosis. Black. Rostrum longer than head but shorter than prothorax. Antennae inserted slightly in front of middle of rostrum; funicle 7-segmented, longer than antennal club; 1 st flagellar segment longer than others. Head with punctures dorsally. Prothorax broader than long, with obtuse teeth near middle of the sides. Scutellum not completely filling space between elytral bases and pronotum. Elytra intervals flat. Femur with a large tooth; inner margins of tibia bisinuate and with a row of minute serration. Claws simple, without basal teeth.

Remarks. This new subgenus is intermediate in form between the subgenera Odontomagdalis Barrios and Magdalis s. str., but differs from them by its obtuse teeth on the sides of pronotum.

Etymology. The subgenus name is derived from the character of pronotum, specifically the presence of obtuse teeth near the middle of the lateral margins— Amblyodontus signifying ‘‘obtuse teeth.’’