Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 93. (Budapest 2001)

Kirejtshuk, A. G.: Notes on the systematics of the African Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)

mesofemora; head usually more or less convex; body usually rather convex or rarely flattened 4 3 Body flattened and elongate (subparallelsided); pronotum with arcuate sides; scutellum subarcuate to subpentagonal, but never with clearly angular lateral corners; tergite 5 clearly widened posteriorly; labrum without median prominence; head shorter: distance between eyes 1.5-2.0 times more than head length; prosternai process flattened and extremelly widened before widely subtruncate apex: its most width about 4 times as great as least one between procoxae; posterior edge of metasternum between coxae arcuately emarginate; ventrite 1 about 1.5 times as long as ventrite 2; antennái club oval Leiopeplus MURRAY, 1864, stat. n. [typc-species: L. rubidus (MURRAY, 1859), here designated; other species (all species described in composition of genus Brachypeplus: L. brunnescens GROUVELLE in KOLBE, 1919; L. concolor LECHANTEUR, 1955, comb, n.; L. granulatus LECHANTEUR, 1955, comb, n.; L. lafertei MURRAY, 1864; L. major LECHANTEUR, 1955, comb, n.; L. nitidior GROUVELLE in KOLBE, 1919; L. niger MURRAY, 1864; L. nigrescens LECHANTEUR, 1955, comb, n.; L. opacior GROUVELLE, 1915c/; L. opacinus GROUVELLE in KOLBE, 1919; L. splendens LECHANTEUR, 1955, comb, n.; L. sublaevis GROUVELLE, 1915a; L. testaceus GROUVELLE, 1915a; L. variabilis LECHANTEUR, 1955, comb, n.] - Body gently convex and elongate oval; pronotum subhexogonal; scutellum distinctly transverse and with clearly angular lateral corners; tergite 5 subparallelsided; labrum with a well raised median prominence; head shorter: about as long as distance between eyes; prosternai process curved along procoxae and moderately widened before widely rounded apex: its most width about 2-3 times as great as least one between procoxae; posterior edge of metasternum between coxae angularly excised; ventrite 1 about twice as long as ventrite 2; antennái club subcircular Grouvellepeplus gen. n. 4 Pronotum subhexagonal; distance between metacoxae much greater than that between procoxae and posterior edge of metasternum between coxae straight; laterosternites 2.0-2.5 times as long as wide; prosternai process medially convex and moderately widened before arcuape apex Liparopeplus MURRAY, 1864, stat. n. [type-species: L. colastoides (MURRAY, 1864), here designated; ? Brachypeplus consobrinus GROUVELLE, 1899] - Pronotum subquadrangular; distance between metacoxae less than that between procoxae and posterior edge of metasternum between coxae emarginate or excised; laterosternites 4 times as long as wide or longer; prosternai process medially flattened and moderately widened before arcuate apex 5