Genus Dineutus MacLeay

Amongst the numerous species groups and subgenera of Dineutus MacLeay, 1825, Subgenus Spinosodineutes comprises 15 spp. in the African, Oriental and Australasian regions (Brinck 1981). This subgenus is characterised by the epipleural (postero-lateral) angle of the elytra being produced into a distinct spine. In the Indomalayan Region this subgenus is represented by two species, Dineutus unidentatus Aubé and D. spinosus (Fabricius) . The two species are easily distinguished by the yellow margin of the elytra of D. unidentatus, whilst D. spinosus is evenly dark and bronzed (Balke et al. 2004). In this study, D. spinosus is the first representative of the subgenus from Pakistan.