Pygopleurus anemoninus species-group

This group is defined by the peculiar shape of everted endophallus and paramera strongly narrowing in the distal half (Figs. 22, 29), very distinct from other Pygopleurus and suggestive of the monophyly of the group, and by the clypeus lacking a medial carina in both sexes, a condition exclusive to this group within the Greek fauna. Other non-exclusive characters are: elytra unicolored, long, raised setation of elytra with black setae commonly present at least in the basal area, rarely all setae light-colored (observed in females only); setation evidently denser in the inner two-thirds of elytra, scarce or absent in the external third; elytral apex rounded.

The group includes two species from Greece ( P. anemoninus and P. pseudopsilotrichius) and one from Anatolia ( P. kareli (Petrovitz, 1962)), whose everted endophallus is pictured in Bollino & Ruzzante (2015).