Zygocardiophorus Iablokoff-Khnzorian & Mardjanian, 1981

Douglas, Hume B., 2017, World reclassification of the Cardiophorinae (Coleoptera, Elateridae), based on phylogenetic analyses of morphological characters, ZooKeys 655, pp. 1-130 : 45

Zygocardiophorus Iablokoff-Khnzorian & Mardjanian, 1981 Figs 14, 69-73

Zygocardiophorus Iablokoff-Khnzorian & Mardjanian, 1981: 247. Type species, Cardiophorus nigratissimus Buysson, 1891: 134. Stat. n. raised to genus rank.

Diagnosis.

Head. Mandibular apices tridentate; supra antennal carina low with area between carina and base of labrum not concave in lateral view, carina not forked beside compound eye (Fig. 1). Prothorax Pronotum with lateral carina not reaching anterior edge, hidden in dorsal view by overhanging edge of dorsal part of pronotum (= submarginal line). Pterothorax. Elytra all-black, area between anterior-most point and humeral angle arcuate or straight in dorsal view (not sinuate), apices with or without shelf-like epipleural extensions (Fig. 71). Legs. Tarsi without ventral lobes or pads extending beyond base; claws with only 1 point per side. Also. Bursa copulatrix with paired proximal (largest) sclerites ovoid with long spines; base of spermathecal gland duct sclerotised, but without paired plate-like appendages. Known from Georgia, and Turkey, east to Turkmenistan and Iran, 1 sp.