Cardiophorellus: subgenus Cardiophorellus Cobos, 1970

Douglas, Hume B., 2017, World reclassification of the Cardiophorinae (Coleoptera, Elateridae), based on phylogenetic analyses of morphological characters, ZooKeys 655, pp. 1-130 : 34

Cardiophorellus: subgenus Cardiophorellus Cobos, 1970 Figs 85-87

Cardiophorellus Cobos, 1970a: 222. Type species: Cardiophorellus gracilicornis Cobos, 1970a: 223.

Diagnosis.

Head. Mandibular apex unidentate (simple). Prothorax. Pronotum with lateral carina present but hidden in dorsal view by swollen pronotum (= submarginal line). Pterothorax. Scutellum with middle of anterior edge broadly concave. Also: Head with supra-orbital groove present; posterior edges of hypomeron mesad of hind angles with rectangular or semicircular indentations; prosternum with anterior edge short, exposing labium; tarsomere 4 without ventral lobe or pad extending beyond base of tarsomere 5; tarsal claws with 1 point per side; tibiae with posterior surfaces convex, weakly modified for digging (Figs 85, 86). Females undescribed or unassociated. Known from: Republic of the Congo, 1 sp.