genus Oodes Bonelli, 1810, species incertae sedis

amaroides Dejean, 1831

Note: The setation of submentum, feebly sinuate base of pronotum, prosternal process more narrowly rounded apically, median lobe in lateral aspect (resembling much that of taxa of the “ rambouseki ” group), and general structure of spermathecal complex suggest that the species may be a member of Pseudoodes. Judging by the prosternal process bordered apically and the undifferentiated, relatively short seminal canal, O. amaroides may belong to a separate species group of Pseudoodes.

bostockii Laporte de Castelnau, 1867

congoensis Burgeon, 1935

denisonensis Laporte de Castelnau, 1867

fitzroyensis W.J. MacLeay, 1888

froggatti W.J. MacLeay, 1888

impressus Chaudoir, 1882

inornatus Laporte de Castelnau, 1867 = proximus Laporte de Castelnau, 1867

† kachinensis Liu, 2014

laevissimus (Chaudoir, 1882) = longior (Darlington, 1968)

latior Csiki, 1931 = latus Laporte de Castelnau, 1867 [nec LaFerté-Sénectere, 1851]

lenis Péringuey, 1896

Note: Péringuey (1896: 532) stated that the elytral interval 3 of O. lenis has no setiferous puncture. This character state is incongruous with the diagnosis of the genus. The same author also noted another peculiar trait, “ head smooth, with two minute punctures above the basal part of the epistoma, which is hardly distinct ” (ibid.: 530, 532). However, last indication contradicts to that in other pages of the same publication. In the identification key proposed for the genera of the South African Oodini, Péringuey (ibid.) stated that Oodes falls among groups having “ Head with one seta over the posterior part of the eye ” (ibid.: 527), and in the generic diagnosis he affirmed—“ head subquadrate… with only one seta over the back part of the eye ” (ibid.: 529). All the Eurasian species of Oodes have single supraorbital setiferous puncture on each side of the head as well as O. congoensis and all American congeners (Bousquet 1996: 470; present study). In contrast, the Australian species O. bostocki, O. impressus, and O. modestus have two supraorbital pores (Sloane, 1910: 441; Darlington 1968: 31). The type material of O. lenis must be revised.

modestus Laporte de Castelnau, 1867

nil Darlington, 1968

oblongus Laporte de Castelnau, 1867 = riverinae (W.J. MacLeay, 1873) = planipennis (W.J. MacLeay, 1878)

par Darlington, 1968

palpalis Klug, 1853 Note: Most probably this taxon belongs to Brachyodes Jeannel, 1949. Chaudoir (1882: 359) compared it with his Oodes siamensis Chaudoir, 1882, a species subsequently placed in Brachyodes.Also, identifications of P. Basilewsky and Ch. Lecordier in MNHN showed that two specialists treated O. palpalis as belonging to Brachyodes and as a questionable synonym of Brachyodes natalensis (Chaudoir, 1882). In order to solve this problem, the primary types of Klug and Chaudoir must be compared.

paroensis Laporte de Castelnau, 1867

parviceps Sloane, 1896

rossi Darlington, 1968

siccus Darlington, 1968

terrestris Darlington, 1971 = laevissimus Darlington, 1968 [non Chaudoir, 1882]

trisulcatus Laporte de Castelnau, 1867

waterhousei Laporte de Castelnau, 1867 = interioris Laporte de Castelnau, 1867

wilsoni Darlington, 1968