Micronychus Motschoulsky, 1861: 137

Motyka, Michal, Masek, Michal & Bocak, Ladislav, 2017, Congruence between morphology and molecular phylogeny: the reclassification of Calochromini (Coleoptera: Lycidae) and their dispersal history, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 180 (1), pp. 47-65 : 57

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Micronychus Motschoulsky, 1861: 137 .

Type species: Micronychus bimaculatus Motschoulsky, 1861 (by monotypy).

Figure 5G, I, Q View Figure 5 .

Differential diagnosis: Micronychus and Parantis gen. nov. are characterized by the presence of a sclerotized internal sac ( Fig. 5I, J View Figure 5 ). Micronychus differs by antennomere 3 being twice as long as the pedicel, well-developed mouthparts and sometimes in the rostrate head.

Distribution: Oriental and Afrotropical region.

Remarks: Kleine (1933) listed Micronychus as a junior synonym of Calochromus , but we found that these genera are distantly related. Here, we resurrect the name Micronychus for Oriental species previously classified in Calochromus and the Afrotropical species placed in Adoceta ( Kleine, 1933) .