Lophopoeum Bates, 1863

(Figs. 36–37)

Lophopoeum Bates, 1863b: 275 .

Type species — Lophopoeum carinatulum Bates, 1863 (subsequent designation, Thomson, 1864: 322).

Scutelongus Gilmour, 1959b: 6 .

Type species — Scutelongus freudei Gilmour, 1959 (original designation).

Cristurges Gilmour, 1961: 364 .

Type species — Cristurges bimaculatus Gilmour, 1961 (original designation).

Diagnosis. Lateral tubercle of the prothorax placed about middle, moderately prominent; elytra with centrobasal crest pilose, rounded, without carinae. Number of species currently included: 15; in Mexico and Central America: 6.