Sphrigodellus Marshall

Yunakov, Nikolai, 2012, 3535, Zootaxa 3535, pp. 1-104 : 19

Sphrigodellus Marshall

Marshall, 1942: 19. Type species: Barianus centralis Hustache, 1929 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Very similar to Cadoderus Fst. , differing from it in the following characters: subocular row consists of 5–8 (rarely 2) setae; basisternum sparsely squamose, mesobasisternum bare or entirely squamose (scales lepidiform); epistome linear, transverse, vestigial, delimited by hardly visible, narrow carina; pronotum with (rarely without) anterior transverse setal fringe; posterior setal fringe consists of spatulate setae, entirely or partly hidden by posterior edge of pronotum; ventrites with scattered scales and short hairs; antennifers half-visible; frons vertical; 1st funicular segment more or less longer than 2nd; pronotum transverse or as long as wide [PL/PW: 0.81–1.00]; aggonoporium consisting of two stick-shaped lobes connected proximally by transverse bridge, without ventral process.