Lycoperdininae Redtenbacher, 1844

Tomaszewska, Wioletta, 2014, New species of the Amphisternus-group of Lycoperdininae from Philippines (Coleoptera: Endomychidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54 (2), pp. 635-644 : 636

Lycoperdininae Redtenbacher, 1844

Lycoperdinae Redtenbacher, 1844: 118. Type genus: Lycoperdina Latreille, 1807 .

According to TOMASZEWSKA (2005), the subfamily Lycoperdininae contains five generic groups: Daulis -group, Lycoperdina -group, Amphix -group, Amphisternus -group, and Eumorphus -group.

The Amphisternus -group now includes ten Oriental genera, Amphisternus Germar, 1843 , Amphistethus Strohecker, 1964 , Brachytrycherus Arrow, 1920 , Cacodaemon Thomson, 1857 , Gerstaeckerus Tomaszewska, 2005 , Humerus Chang & Ren , Ohtaius Chûjô, 1938 , Spathomeles Gerstaecker, 1857 , Stictomela Gorham, 1886 , and Stroheckeria Tomaszewska. The monophyly of this group is well supported by the form of the mesoventrite with apex of the intercoxal process widened laterally, overlapping part of the coxae; moreover the elytra with basal margins thickened and raised (occurring also in some genera of Eumorphus- group), the mandible with apical tooth widely chisel-shaped shared with some other Lycoperdininae , and male genital segment having additional, internal V- or U-shaped sclerite occurring also in some other Lycoperdininae unite this group. CHANG & REN (2013) provided the most recent key to genera of Amphisternus -group.