CLAVIGERINAE 353 



According to the work of R affray and Wasmann, these insects are most diversi- 

 fied and abundant in Madagascar, that anciently separated home of so many 

 strange animals. Europe and the Western Hemisphere have an impoverished 

 clavigerine fauna. 



The neotropical region contains three genera. Unfortunately the author 

 is entirely unfamiliar with either specimens or the original description of 

 one of these genera {Neofustiger) and consequently the following key is in- 

 complete. 



Key to Genera of Neotropical Clavigerinae 



Third (distal) antennal segment with a transverse suture near middle 



of length; known only from the Antilles PSEUDOFUSTIGER 



Third (distal) antennal segment entire, with no suture. . .FUSTIGER 



NEOFUSTIGER (Bruch, 1929) 



cochlearis Bruch. 1929. Misiones, Argentina. Genotype, con Para- 



trechina fulva fumata For. 



PSEUDOFUSTIGER (Reitter, 1884) 



This interesting monotypic genus is important in that it represents a stage 

 in the consolidation of the clavigerine antenna from four to three segments. 



stricticornis (Reitter). 1883. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Genotype. 



(Articerus) . 



FUSTIGER (Brendel, 1866) 



Brendel (1866) (Fustiger) (1889) 



Raffray (1882) iCommatocerus) (1904, 1908, 1909, 1911) 



LeConte and Horn (1883) 



WiCKHAM (1889, 1892) 



Brendel and Wickham (1890) {Articerus Brendel, nee Dalman, 1825) 



SCHWARZ (1896) 



Wasmann (1897) (Commatocerinus) 



Schaeffer (1906) 



Knaus (1908) 



Blatchley (1910) 



Mann (1915, 1918, 1921) 



Gallardo (1916) 



Bruch (1929, 1931) 



Reichensperger (1931, 1933) 



Bowman (1934) 



Park (1935) 



This is a very important genus and by its numerous species, centering in 

 Brazil, signalizes neotropical clavigerines in somewhat the same way that 

 Arthmius contributes to neotropical batrisines. 



