Zeugophora Kunze, 1818

Takemoto, Takuya, 2019, Revision of the genus Zeugophora (Coleoptera, Megalopodidae, Zeugophorinae) in Japan, Zootaxa 4644 (1), pp. 1-62 : 4

Genus Zeugophora Kunze, 1818

Zeugophora Kunze, 1818: 71 [type species: Crioceris subspinosa Fabricius, 1781 , designated by Westwood (1838)].

Auchenia Thunberg, 1792: 95 ; objective older synonym suppressed under ICZN Opinion No. 1382 ( ICZN, 1986).

Taraxis LeConte, 1850: 237 [type species: Crioceris subspinosa Fabricius, 1781 , designated by Duponchel & Chevrolat in D’Orbigny (1842)]; LeConte, 1854, synonymised with Auchenia .

Pedrillia Westwood, 1864: 280 [type species: Pedrillia longicornis Westwood, 1864 by monotypy]; Sekerka & Vives, 2013, synonymised with Zeugophora .

Macrozeugophora Achard, 1914: 288 [type species: Macrozeugophora ornata Achard, 1914 by monotypy]; Gressitt, 1945, synonymised with Zeugophora .

Bruchomima Achard, 1916: 47 [type species: Bruchomima chloropelta Achard, 1916 by monotypy]; Monrós, 1959, synonymised with Pedrillia .

Pedrilliomorpha Pic, 1917: 9 [type species: Pedrilliomorpha atrosuturalis Pic, 1917 by monotypy]; Sekerka & Vives, 2013, synonymised with Zeugophora .

Austrolema Oke, 1932: 164 [type species: Austrolema vitinea Oke, 1932 by monotypy)]; Monrós, 1959, synonymised with Pedrillia .

Pedrillimorpha Papp, 1946: 25 [unavailable name, no type species designated]; Sekerka & Vives, 2013, synonymised with Zeugophora .

Pedrinella Papp, 1946: 26 [unavailable name, no type species designated]; Sekerka & Vives, 2013, synonymised with Zeugophora .

Pedrilonga Papp, 1946: 26 [unavailable name, no type species designated]; Sekerka & Vives, 2013, synonymised with Zeugophora .

Papuleptura Gressitt, 1959: 81 [type species: Papuleptura alticola Gressitt, 1959 by original designation]; Sekerka & Vives 2013, synonymised with Zeugophora .

Diagnosis. Body oblong and covered with setiferous punctures. Eye reniform, frontal disc anteriolaterally with raised portion bearing antennal insertion. Clypeus transverse, more or less convex, distinctly delimited from frons by a transverse curved groove. Temples behind eyes notably narrow. Pronotum narrower than elytra, with blunt lateral tubercles on anterior portion; posterior portion of sides parallel or gently rounded, and basal margin nearly straight or gently sinuate and distinctly marginate. Protibia with one or two spurs; meso- and metatibia with two spurs. Tarsal claws divergent and appendiculate.

In male, posterior margin of 7th sternite evenly curved posteriorly. In female, posterior margin of 7th sternite straight, central portion bisinuate.