Pristoderus Hope 1840

• Main Authors: Turco, Federica, Ślipiński, Adam, Lambkin, Christine L.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Zopheridae; Pristoderus; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6311993; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E787C55E217379FF3BB3C0D49E73E7

Genus Pristoderus Hope, 1840 Pristoderus Hope, 1840: 145. Type species: Dermestes scaber Fabricius, 1775: 57, by original designation. Ulonotus Erichson, 1845: 255. Type species: Bolitophagus antarcticus White, 1846:12, by subsequent monotypy of Lacordaire, 1854: 360. Tarphiomimetes Wollaston, 1873: 9. Type species: Tarphiomimetes lawsoni Wollaston, 1873: 11, designated by Ivie & ŚlipiĤski, 1990: 9. Dryptops Broun, 1882: 763. Type species: Dryptops dorsalis Broun, 1882: 763, designated by Ivie & ŚlipiĤski, 1990: 8. Sparactus Erichson, 1845: 256. Type species: Ditoma interrupta Erichson, 1842: 215, by monotypy. Synonymised in ŚlipiĤski & Lawrence, 1997: 406. Recyntus Broun, 1882: 293. Type species: Ulonotus tuberculatus Broun, 1880: 191, by original designation. Enarsus Pascoe, 1866: 444. Type species: Enarsus bakewellii Pascoe, 1866: 445, by monotypy. Key to the Australian and Papuan species of Pristoderus 1. Pronotum anteriorly with median prominent somewhat bicarinate process covering head from above ( P. saccharatus group). 2. - Pronotum without median prominent process ( P. interruptus group). 11. 2. Pronotum with lateral notch near base very narrow, circular and almost closed. saccharatus (Pascoe) - Pronotum with lateral notch near base wide to obsolete, never almost closed. 3. 3. Tubercles on crest of 3rd elytral interval high, digitiform, and indistinctly joined. 4. - Tubercles on crest of 3rd elytral interval (at least at base) clearly joined, elongate forming an apparent costae; lateral edge of pronotum variable. 5. 4. 8–9 regular lobes on lateral edge of pronotum; pronotal process in lateral view strongly sloping posteriorly; basal tubercle on 5th elytral interval high and sharply pointed. chloreus sp. n. - 6 lobes on lateral edge of pronotum; pronotal process in lateral view slightly sloping posteriorly; basal tubercle on 5th elytral interval low. duvalensis sp. n. 5. Pronotum with lateral notch narrow and circular. 6. - Pronotum with lateral notch broad and widely open.7. 6. Elytral crest ...