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RECLASSIFICATION OF SUBFAMILY AGRYPNINAE 51 
A. de Cooman; Pericus variegatus Schw., comparé au type [Fleut.]; Brachylacon 
fulvicollis Motsch., type elytres [next word illegible] au sommet [Fleut.] (Fleutiaux, 
19354, locality) (MNHN, Paris). 
Adelocera weisei (Schwarz) 
Lacon weisei Schwarz, 1898) : 185. 
Lacon weisei Schwarz; Schwarz, 1908 : 75. 
Lacon weisei Schwarz; Fleutiaux, 1919 : 20. 
Adelocera weisei (Schwarz) Fleutiaux, 1926 : 96. 
LECTOTYPE (present designation). TANZANIA: 2, Usamb. Weise; Coll. 
Schwarz; Typus; weisei Schw. [Schwarz] (DEI, Eberswalde). 
Paralectotype. TANZANIA: I 9, locality label as lectotype, but without Schwarz’s 
determination label (DEI, Eberswalde). 
Other material examined. TANZANIA: Kilimandjaro, Kibonoto, iv, I ex. 
(MNHN, Paris); Kilimandjaro (Schwarz, 1908, locality) 1 3, 1 2 (DEI, Eberswalde). 
Kenya: Taveta, iii, r § (Fleutiaux, 1919, locality) (MNHN, Paris). 
SCAPHODERUS Candéze 
Scaphoderus Candéze, 1857 : 46. Type-species: Scaphoderus riehliit Candéze, by monotypy. 
Bruyantius Fleutiaux, 1925a : 101. Type-species: Bruwyantius capensis Fleutiaux, by monotypy. 
Syn. n. 
GENERIC DIAGNOsIs. Each claw bearing a group of setae near the base (Text-fig. 11). Tibial 
spurs absent (Text-fig. 10). Mesepisternum does not form part of the margin of the mesocoxal 
cavity; mesepimeron forms part of margin of the mesocoxal cavity (Text-fig. 3). Second and 
third antennal segments subequal, each smaller than the fourth and following segments 
(Text-fig. 13). Antennal groove occupying the anterior three-quarters of the prosternopleural 
suture and deep enough to accommodate the antennae. Body clothed with scales. Lateral 
margin of pronotum explanate, lateral carina present but not attaining the anterior margin. 
A band of longer, more closely packed, erect setae present on the lateral margins of the pronotum. 
Propleurae and metasternum without grooves or depressions for the accommodation of the 
anterior and middle tarsae. Scutellum simple, without carina. Tarsi simple, without ventral 
lobes. 
HIsTORY OF THE GENUS. The genus was erected for a single species which 
differed from Adelocera (sensu auct., nec Latreille, 1829 = Lacon Castelnau of the 
present work) in that the second and third antennal segments are short and from 
Lacon (sensu auct., nec Castelnau, 1836 = Agrypnus Eschscholtz of the present 
work) in that the antennal groove is longer. 
NOTES ON THE GENERIC SYNONYMY. Only the paired tubercles on the anterior 
margin of the pronotum and the more strongly explanate margins of the prothorax 
distinguish Scaphoderus (? only known) from Bruyantius (g only known). Since 
the males and females of certain species (e.g. mannerheimit (Candéze)) belonging 
to the closely related genus Adelocera differ from one another in the same way 
it seems reasonable to assume that the differences which have been used to separate 
the genera are no more than secondary sexual characteristics. 
