Ca. Springer et Ma. Goodrich, A REVISION OF THE SUBFAMILY PLATYDASCILLINAE (COLEOPTERA, BYTURIDAE) FROM SOUTHEAST-ASIA, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 2 NEW GENERA AND 3 NEW SPECIES, The Coleopterists bulletin, 48(1), 1994, pp. 60-78
The subfamily Platydascillinae Pic from Southeast Asia is re-described
. Five species in four genera are recognized: Platydascillus sumatranu
s Everts, Dascillocyphon minor Everts, and three new species in two ne
w genera; Bispinatus, new genus (type species, Bispinatus vietnamensis
, new species), and Remigera, new genus (type species, Remigera securi
formis, new species) and Remigera spatulata, new species. Dascillocyph
on major Everts is a new synonym of P. sumatranus and D. timorensis Pi
c is a new synonym of D. minor. Dascillocyphon minor is designated as
type species of Dascillocyphon Everts. All five species are described
and illustrated and their distributions and relationships are discusse
d. A list of the Byturidae of the world is provided.