Praocis
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Tenebrionidae
Name
Praocis Eschscholtz, 1829 – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Generic characteristics
The species of Praocis can be recognized by having maxillary palps with last segment axe-shaped (apex twice as wide as base), antennomere 3 shorter than 4 + 5 combined, pronotum with anterior margin concave, width of posterior margin exceeding width of anterior margin, single lateral margin slender, expanded, remote from disc, and anterior angles rounded; mesosternum inclined forward, separated from prosternum; elytron with punctuate surface; apterous.
