Metacardiophorus Gurjeva, 1966

Douglas, Hume B., 2017, World reclassification of the Cardiophorinae (Coleoptera, Elateridae), based on phylogenetic analyses of morphological characters, ZooKeys 655, pp. 1-130 : 40

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.655.11894

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scientific name

Metacardiophorus Gurjeva, 1966
status

 

Metacardiophorus Gurjeva, 1966 Figs 62, 63-64

Metacardiophorus Gurjeva, 1966: 91. stat. n., raised to genus rank.

Cardiophorus : subgenus Metacardiophorus Gurjeva, 1966: 91. Type species: Cardiophorus sogdianus Gurjeva, 1966: 91.

Diagnosis.

Head. Mandibles with apices unidentate. Prothorax. Pronotum with lateral carina not reaching anterior edge, extending anterad from hind angles following lateral edge (Fig. 63) or completely absent (not below lateral edge); prosternum with anterior edge not short, produced as lobe, concealing labium when head retracted. Pterothorax. Scutellum with middle of anterior edge abruptly emarginate. Legs. No tarsomeres lobed or lamellate; tarsal claws with one apex per side; tarsal claws with one apex per side. Also. Pterothorax. Scutellum pointed at posterior apex. Females unknown. Known from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, 3 spp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Elateridae