Pseudoselinus, IWAN, 2002

Kamiński, Marcin Jan, 2015, Phylogenetic reassessment and biogeography of the Ectateus generic group (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Platynotina), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 (1), pp. 73-106 : 93

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/zoj.12263
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10543323
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scientific name	Pseudoselinus
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SUBGENUS PSEUDOSELINUS IWAN, 2002 A, STAT. NOV.

Type species: Eurynotus punctatostriatus Gerstaecker, 1854 ; by original designation.

Diagnostic characters: Pseudoselinus stat. nov. is distinguished from all Platynotina by having a longitudinal sclerite in the bursa copulatrix. Moreover, it is separated from the subgenus Upembarus by having the upper edge of its elytral base fused with the humerus (cf. Kamin´ ski, 2013c) and a bordered fifth abdominal ventrite.

Distribution: Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia.

Species composition (four species): Pseudoselinus basilewskyi Koch, 1956 , Pseudoselinus punctatostriatus ( Gerstaecker, 1854) , Pseudoselinus raposoi (Koch, 1956) , Pseudoselinus zambiaiensis ( Iwan & Robiche, 2006) .