Orthosilis Motschulsky, 1860: 398

Fanti, Fabrizio, 2022, On Ctenophorellus afer Silvestri, 1920, Orthosilis Motschulsky, 1860 and Telerhina Motschulsky, 1860 (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 22 (2), pp. 327-329 : 328

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scientific name	Orthosilis Motschulsky, 1860: 398
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Orthosilis Motschulsky, 1860: 398 nomen dubium

Type species: sine specie ( Delkeskamp 1939, 1977).

Locus typicus: “Am. mér., Colombie.” Motschulsky 1860: 398; Delkeskamp 1939: 311 (as incertae sedis); Neave 1940a: 474; Delkeskamp 1977: 481 (as incertae sedis in Cantharidae ).

Note. Genus of South America and Colombia ( Motschulsky 1860), described without species: sine specie ( Delkeskamp 1939, 1977). It differs from the genus Silis for the pronotum without indentations and thorns at sides ( Motschulsky 1860).

[Silinae incertae sedis].