Ge. Flores, Systematics of the andean genera Falsopraocis kulzer and Antofagapraocis new genus (Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae), with descriptions of two new species, J NY ENT SO, 108(1-2), 2000, pp. 52-75
The genera Falsopraocis Kulzer and Antofagapraocis n. gen. (Pimeliinae: Pra
ocini), distributed in the high Andes of central and northern Argentina and
Chile, are revised. A cladistic analysis of five species is presented. Cla
distic analysis reveals that Falsopraocis is not monophyletic: one species
formerly assigned to Falsopraocis together with a new species constitute th
e new genus, Antofagapraocis. Falsopraocis consists of three species: F. ri
cardae (Solier), F. weiseri Kulzer, and F. australis n. sp.; Antofagapraoci
s includes two species: A. subnudus (Kulzer) n. comb. (type species) and A.
brevipilis n. sp. A cladogram, redescriptions or descriptions of the gener
a and their five species, keys, illustrations of body and genitalic feature
s, and a distribution map an included.