Tribe Cleomini

TRIBE CLEOMINI

DIAGNOSIS : head planate in middle between antennal insertion and acutely inclinate at inner antennifer at sides; antennae shorter than both in both sexes; prothorax longer than broad, side not armed; elytra usually flatten dorsally, at least the sutural half, fore coxae globular, its cavity rounded, closed posteriorly; mid coxal cavity closed externally to epimeron; femora peduncle and clavate.

Key to genera of Cleomenini in Sarawak

1. Head grooved or carinate between antennal insertion; antennal short, stout, either clavate or serrate; hind femora extended beyond elytral apex. ........ 2
Head not groove or carinate between antennal insertion; antennae slender, filiform; hind femora usually not extended beyond elytral apex. .................3

2(l) Antennae serrate, very stout, basal segments dilated; segment 3 - 5 subequal; elytra strongly dehiscent, attenuate and acuminate posteriorly into a sharp acute submedian tip . - Artimpaza, THOMSON
Basal antennal segments slender, remainder clavate; segment 3 longer than 4 + 5 united; elytra feebly dehiscent at 1/5 of apex; apex gradually cruved and acuminate at suture . - Eodalis, PASCOE

3(l) Epipleura of elytra distinctive; elytra moderately elongated; apex conjointly rounded; antennal segment 3 very much longer than 4 + 5 united; front subhorizontal, about same level as disc of pronotum. - Epianthe, PASCOE
Epipleura confounded with elytra; the latter very much elongated; apex truncate, bispinous; antennal segment 3 shorter or at most subequal to 4 + 5 united .- Cleomenes, THOMSON