Paraulacoryssus Shpeley, Hunting & Ball

Shpeley, Danny, Hunting, Wesley & Ball, George E., 2017, A taxonomic review of the Selenophori group (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalini) in the West Indies, with descriptions of new species and notes about classification and biogeography, ZooKeys 690, pp. 1-195 : 11-12

Genus Paraulacoryssus Shpeley, Hunting & Ball gen. n.

Type species.

Selenophorus puertoricensis Mutchler, 1934: 5; here designated.

Recognition.

Size larger, elytral mesh pattern transverse, sculpticells distinctly wider than long and metepisterum short, with lateral margin and anterior margin nearly equal.

Included species.

Paraulacoryssus includes only one species, P. puertoricensis .

Geographical distribution.

This genus is known only from Puerto Rico.

Chorological affinities and relationships.

Based on similarities in the remarkable female genitalia shared with Neoaulacoryssus , we postulate that that genus and Paraulacoryssus are adelphotaxa. In size and general appearance, members of this genus markedly resemble adults of the opalinus species group of Selenophorus . The marked morphological distinctness and single island distribution of this taxon suggests that it is a relict group in the West Indies.