Casaleius Sciaky & Wrase, 1998

Schmidt, Joachim & Will, Kipling, 2020, A new subgenus for “ Acalathus ” advena (LeConte, 1846) and the challenge of defining Calathina based on morphological characters (Coleoptera, Carabidae Sphodrini), Zootaxa 4722 (4), pp. 326-338 : 335

Genus Casaleius Sciaky & Wrase, 1998

Third antennomere without pubescence. Mentum tooth bifid. Pronotal laterobasal seta situated at margin. Lateral bead of prosternal process absent. Parascutellar seta absent. Elytra glabrous, with discal setae absent. Elytral microsculpture nearly isodiametric. Metepisternum short. Male protarsomeres dilated. Lateral grooves present on metatarsomeres I-IV. Apical gonocoxite short, robust, with one ensiform seta at external margin; sensory pit of apical gonocoxite represented by a very small depression. Aedeagus left side up in repose; median lobe apical disc absent; apical hook of long paramere present; membranous lobe of short paramere present.