Title Loaded From File tellinii Fleutiaux, 1903: 251. Zygocardiophorus Iablokoff-Khnzorian Mardjanian, 1981 Figs 14, 69?3 Zygocardiophorus Iablokoff-Khnzorian Mardjanian, 1981: 247. Sort species, C. nigratissimus Buysson, 1891: 134. Stat. n. raised to genus rank. Diagnosis. Head. Mandibular apices tridentate; supra antennal carina low with region involving carina and base of labrum not concave in lateral view, carina not forked beside compound eye (Fig. 1). Prothorax Pronotum with lateral carina not reaching anterior edge, hidden in dorsal view by Title Loaded From File overhanging edge of dorsal part of pronotum (= submarginal line). Pterothorax. Elytra all-black, location involving anterior-most point and humeral angle arcuate or straight in dorsal view (not sinuate), apices with or devoid of shelf-like epipleural extensions (Fig. 71). Legs. Tarsi without ventral lobes or pads extending beyond base; claws with only 1 point per side. Also. Bursa copulatrix with paired proximal (largest) sclerites ovoid with lengthy spines; base of spermathecal gland duct sclerotised, but devoid of paired plate-like appendages. Identified from Georgia, and Turkey, east to Turkmenistan and Iran, 1 sp.The genera of your CardiophorinaePlatesFigures 1?3. 1? Frontoclypeal area Cardiophorus Scale bar = 0.five mm). 1 C. convexus (Say), (anteroventral view) two C. gramineus, (dorsal view). CE = compound eye; SC = supra-antennal carina; SG = supraorbital groove. Figures captions i.Onychus Cand e, 1860: 236. Type species: T. acuminatus Cand e, 1860: 238. Diagnosis. Prothorax. Pronotum with carina extending anterad from hind angles following lateral edge (ie, not beneath lateral edge of prothorax, but in some species notHume B. Douglas / ZooKeys 655: 1?30 (2017)distinguishable from the dorsal hind angle carina), not reaching anterior edge. Legs. Protibiae not modified for digging; tarsi with tarsomere 4 not lobed or lamellate, claws with three points per side. Also. Head with area between antenna fossa and compound eye with either carina connecting fossa and eye, or with two pits with non-depressed area amongst. Elytra with apical half of intervals 1? costate (Fig. 145). Abdomen. Urosternite 7 (ventrite five) with second carina mesad of lateral carina. Bursa copulatrix with paired proximal (biggest) sclerites elongate, parallel sided. Recognized from South and Central America, 17 spp. Tropidiplus Fleutiaux, 1903 Figs 104?08 Tropidiplus Fleutiaux, 1903: 251. Variety species: T. tellinii Fleutiaux, 1903: 251. Diagnosis. Prothorax. Pronotum with full lateral carina (Fig. 105), reaching from hind angle to anterior edge of prothorax (displaced ventrad in some). Legs. Tarsal claws with or without the need of basal point on each side. Also. Scutellum with anterior edge abruptly emarginate; tarsal claws with basal setae (Fig. 106, possibly absent in some); bursa copulatrix with proximal sclerites elongate-ovoid (Fig. 107). In type species (T. tellinii) urosternite 7 has various longitudinal grooves and second longitudinal carina near lateral edge. Identified from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mozambique, and Kenya, four spp. Zygocardiophorus Iablokoff-Khnzorian Mardjanian, 1981 Figs 14, 69?3 Zygocardiophorus Iablokoff-Khnzorian Mardjanian, 1981: 247. Form species, C. nigratissimus Buysson, 1891: 134. Stat. n. raised to genus rank. Diagnosis. Head. Mandibular apices tridentate; supra antennal carina low with location in between carina and base of labrum not concave in lateral view, carina not forked beside compound eye (Fig. 1). Prothorax Pronotum with lateral carina not reaching anterior edge, hidden in dorsal view by overhanging edge of dorsal a part of pronotum (= submarginal line). Pterothorax.