Paracladiscus Miyatake 1965

Paracladiscus Miyatake, 1965

Paracladiscus Miyatake, 1965: 20 (original description).

Type species. Paracladiscus atricolor Miyatake, 1965, by original designation.

Diagnosis. Paracladiscus is similar to Diplopherusa, but distinguished by the following characters: head and pronotum covered with deep and large punctures; terminal palpomeres of labial palpi triangular, as long as width of apical margin of terminal palpomeres (Fig. 22); gula with two separate postgular processes, which are not swollen at extremities; anterior plate of metendosternite (Fig. 23) tapered anteriorly; hind tibiae in male (Fig. 24) weakly swollen in middle and apically curved inwardly; phallobasic struts (Figs 52, 54) not developed.

Remark. MIYATAKE (1965) mentioned that the feature of male antennae is significant for the distinction between Paracladiscus and Diplopherusa. However, the herein described species, Paracladiscus choui sp. nov., has ramose antennae like Diplopherusa, therefore this character cannot be considered a distinctive feature for the two genera.