Peltonotellus Puton, 1886

Peltonotus Mulsant et Rey, 1855: 206, preoccupied by Peltonotus Burmeister, 1847, Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae . Peltonotellus Puton, 1886: 70, replacement name for Peltonotus Mulsant et Rey, 1855 . Type species: Peltonotus raniformis Mulsant et Rey, 1855, by original designation.

Mushya Kato, 1933: 464 . Type species: M. quadrivittata Kato, 1933 . Synonymized by Chan & Yang (1994). Peltonotellus: Emeljanov 1996: 994; Bartlett et al. 2014: 83; Bartlett 2015 (as subgenus of Aphelonema). Peltonotellus: Holzinger et al. 2003: 435; Holzinger 2007: 278; Emeljanov 2008: 5; Gnezdilov 2013: 1310; Bourgoin 2015.

Diagnostic characters: (modified after Mulsant & Rey’s original description): Body subcylindrical. Vertex transverse, hexagonal, anterior margin truncate, posterior margin concave. Frons moderately wide between the eyes, gradually narrowing to clypeus, with three carinae, sublateral carinae roundly curved at middle, connected with upper margin basally, close but not connected above clypeal suture, numerous sensory pits present at the area between sublateral carinae and lateral margins. Clypeus triangular and elevated medially, with median carina at its basal half. Rostrum extending to metacoxae, apical segment very short. Compound eyes elongately ovate in dorsal view. Ocelli absent. Antennae thick and short, pedicel inflated and cylindrical, with several sensory pits. Pronotum wider than long at middle line, anterior margin widely convex between the eyes, posterior margin roundly concave, median carina present, disc on both sides of median carina with numerous sensory pits and lateral lobes also with several sensory pits. Mesonotum with anterior margin convex medially, tricarinate, lateral carinae relatively thick, lateral areas with several sensory pits outside of lateral carinae. Brachypterous, fore wings not covering abdomen, apical angle rounded, anal angle somewhat quadrate, claval suture invisible, with 2–3 longitudinal veins. Hind wings absent. Abdomen stout, with longitudinal stripes and more than three sensory pits on VI–VIII tergites laterally. Legs short, spinous. Hind tibiae with one large lateral spine after middle and 5–7 teeth apically.

Male genitalia: Anal tube short. Aedeagus with phallobase bilobed at apex, phallus short, with one or two processes. Genital styles narrow in lateral view, apical portion tapering to apex.

Female genitalia: Anal tube short. Gonoplacs nearly quadrate, disc moderately flat. Posterior connective lamina of gonapophyses IX with teeth on dorsal margin. Anterior connective lamina of gonapophyses VIII narrow with three teeth in apical group.