TRIBE PYRESTINI

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DIAGNOSIS : eye finely facetted, deeply emarginate; antennal support deeply and rounded notched; antennae subrobust, shorter than body, apical segments clavate; prothorax unarmed at side; elytra sinuate near base; legs short, hind femora not exceeding apex of elytra; fore coxal cavity rounded externally and close posteriorly; mid coxal cavity open to epimeron; first hind tarsal segment shorter than 2+3 united.

 

Key to genera of Pyrestini in Sarawak

 

1.    Femora fusiform, subfusiform or sublinear; elytra impubis ....…….……… 2
Femora peduncle-clavate, apex calvate or bulbous; elytra hirsute - Plutonesthes, THOMSON

 

2(1) Side of elytra sinuate near base; disc of elytra glossy, punctate; prothorax 2 X as long as wide; oblong-oval - Pyrestes, PASCOE
Side of elytra parallel; disc densly granulo-striate; prothorax widest at
base, gradually narrow towards with sloping sides towards apex .  - Erythrus, WHITE