Cladiscus Chevrolat, 1843

Murakami, Hiroyuki, 2020, Review of the genus Cladiscus (Coleoptera: Cleridae) from Japan and Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (2), pp. 475-492 : 476

Cladiscus Chevrolat, 1843

Cladiscus Chevrolat, 1843: 33 [original description]. CORΡORΑΑL +| VΑΝ DΕR WΙΕL (1949): 190 [key to species].

Type species. Cladiscus strangulatus Chevrolat, 1843 .

Diagnosis. The genus is similar to Orthocladiscus Corporaal & van der Wiel, 1949 , but it is distinguished by the following characters: male antennae serrate, pectinate, or flabellate ( Orthocladiscus : male antennae bipectinate or bifurcate) (CΕR SΤΜΕΙΕR 2006).

Redescription (for Japanese and Taiwanese species). Body length 5.2–13.4 mm; head including eyes wider than pronotum, with finely and evenly setigerous punctures; terminal palpomeres of maxillary palpi digitiform; terminal palpomeres of labial palpi triangular, their length equal to 1/2 of width of apical margin of terminal palpomeres; postgular processes short. Pronotum long campaniform, constricted in basal 1/3, evenly covered with pubescence; notosternal suture (Y pronototergosternal suture sensu OΡΙΤΖ (2010)) complete. Elytra elongate, subparallel, with large and deep punctation; rows of punctures not reaching apex; mesoventrite without anterior process. Legs elongate; claws bidentate with basal denticles shorter than apical denticles; protibiae covered densely with pubescence on inner surface; tarsal sole formula 4–4–4; tibial spur formula 0–0–0 (most species) or 2–2–2 ( C. sauteri ).

Female. Metaventrite with or without pair of tuft-like trichobothria; ovipositor with well sclerotized coxite, which is divided into PCL and ACL; trifurcated CPr attached at apex of PCL; coxite covered with pubescence on membrane of base of CPr; median oviduct with or without sclerite at base.