Paratenetus (Bousquet, Yves & Bouchard, Patrice 2014)
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Tenebrionidae
Name
Paratenetus Spinola, 1844 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Paratenetus Bousquet, Yves, 2014, ZooKeys 415: 25-26.
Etymology
Etymology. Spinola (1844: 117) mentioned that the name Paratenetus came from a Greek adjective which supposedly means "Digne d'etre observe" (worthy of being observed). The idea for the name came from the peculiar shape of the palpi and particularly the flattening of the first two labial palpomeres.
Description
Description (based on species treated only). Body short, convex, pubescent; elytra with slanting setae in addition to erect setae. Epistoma with clypeolabral membrane exposed. Eyes present, prominent. Gena not sulcate. Antenna with last three antennomeres abruptly expanded, forming a distinct, loose club. Labial palpi short, penultimate palpomere swollen, last palpomere narrow, more or less fusiform; last maxillary palpomere large, at least twice as large apically than basally. Pronotum with sides denticulate, each denticle with one or two stiff setae; surface with relatively coarse punctures. Procoxae moderately separated. Mesepimeron not closing mesocoxal cavity. Elytra without striae, with relatively coarse punctures; epipleuron distinct and relatively wide up to apex. Abdomen with distinct membrane along posterior edge of ventrites 3 and 4. Intercoxal process of first ventrite relatively wide, more or less rounded apically. Tibia not expanded apically. Metatarsomere 1 elongate, as long as next two tarsomeres combined; penultimate tarsomere deeply lobate dorsally; last tarsomere not arising at apex of penultimate tarsomere. Tarsal claw simple, not pectinate. Tarsal formula 5-5-4. Defensive glands absent.
Taxon Treatment
- Bousquet, Yves; Bouchard, Patrice; 2014: Review of the species of Paratenetus Spinola inhabiting America, north of Mexico (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) ZooKeys, 415: 25-26. doi
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