Xylodes, Waterhouse, 1876

Zahradník, Petr, Trýzna, Miloš & Razafindranaivo, Victor, 2023, A new species of Xylodes Waterhouse from Madagascar, with a key to the genera of the tribe Ptinini from Madagascar, Mascarenes and adjacent regions, and a key to species of Xylodes, subgenus Diegous (Coleoptera: Ptinidae), Zootaxa 5330 (1), pp. 93-105 : 95

Key to subgenera of the genus Xylodes

(See also Bellés 1988a)

1 Last abdominal sternite of male with protuberant structure that is covered with pubescence. Pronotum and elytra entirely covered with fine, dense, recumbent pubescence, with velvety appearance............ Xylodes ( Xylodes) Waterhouse, 1876

- The last abdominal sternite without special structures in both sexes. Pronotum and elytra with sparse, semierect, erect or scaly pubescence arranged into sparse stripes or spots....................................... Xylodes ( Diegous) Pic, 1896