52 CaM: FS von HAMEK 
DISTRIBUTION. South Africa. 
BIOLOGY AND HABITS. Reichensperger (1915: 19) states that viehlii Candéze 
may be myrmecophilous. Otherwise nothing is known of the life-history and 
habits of the two species included in the genus. 
SPECIES INCLUDED IN THE GENUS 
Two species are assigned to the genus. It is debatable whether the presence 
of a band of closely packed setae on the lateral margin of the pronotum is of 
sufficient importance at the generic level to justify the retention of Scaphoderus 
as a Separate genus. When additional material becomes available it may become 
apparent that these two species should be included in Adelocera. 
Scaphoderus capensis (Fleutiaux) comb. n. 
Bruyantius capensis Fleutiaux, 1925 : 101. 
LECTOTYPE (present designation). SouTH AFRICA: 3, Museum Paris, Colonie 
du Cap. Steynsburg. R. Ellenberger 1914; Bruyantius capensis Fleut., type 
[Fleut.] (MNHN, Paris). 
Paralectotype. SouTH AFRICA: g, same locality label as lectotype, but without 
a determination label (MNHN, Paris). 
Scaphoderus riehlii Candéze 
Scaphoderus riehlit Candéze, 1857 : 46; pl. I, fig. 3. 
Holotype. SouTtH AFrRica: 2, Buq. Natal; Janson coll. 1903.130; Scaphoderus 
riehlii Cdz. [Cand.]; Cardiophorus singularis Buq. [Buquet]; Scaphoderus riehlii 
Cdze, Cand., type (e coll. de Laferté) (Cardiophorus ? singularis Buq. in mus.) 
[Janson] (BMNH). 
LACON Castelnau 
[Adeloceva sensu auct., nec Latreille, 1829. Misinterpretation.] 
Lepidotus Stephens, 1830 : 374. Type-species: Elatey varius Olivier, 1790 [=Lacon quercea 
(Herbst, 1874)], by subsequent designation (Hyslop, 1921 : 652). [Homonym of Lepidotus 
Asso, 1801 : 38 (Pisces), replaced by Zalepia Arnett, 1953.] 
Lacon Castelnau, 1836: 11. Type-species: Elatey atomarius Fabricius, 1789 [=Lacon punctatus 
(Herbst, 1779)], by subsequent designation (Hyslop, 1921 : 652). 
Ocneus Candéze, 1857 : 87. Type-species: Ocneus limbatus Candéze, by monotypy. Syn. n. 
Scelisus Candéze, 1863 : 327. Type-species: Scelisus sanguineus Candéze, by monotypy. 
Syn. n. 
Alaotypus Schwarz, 1902 : 307. Type-species: Alaotypus subpectinatus Schwarz, by subsequent 
designation (Hyslop, 1921 : 625). [Synonymized with Adelocera sensu auct., by Fleutiaux, 
t9o18d : 183.] 
Sulcilacon Fleutiaux, 1927: 65. Type-species: Adelocera geographica Candéze, by original 
designation. Syn. n. 

