Picrotus Sharp, 1886

Leschen, Richard A. B., Chen, Yandong & Harmer, Aaron M. T., 2024, Revision of flightless New Zealand Picrotini (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae): phylogeny of Thortus, eye reduction, and rarity, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 64 (2), pp. 455-500 : 459

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.031
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scientific name	Picrotus Sharp, 1886
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Type species. Picrotus thoracicus Sharp, 1886 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Picrotus is easily distinguished from most Picrotini by having a broad body form with a glabrous body surface, an antennal club of 2 antennomeres, and a wide lateral bead along the prothoracic carina, which it shares with Callichrotus . It can be distinguished from Callichrotus by the narrower frons between the antennal insertion and free abdominal ventrites. A full description of this genus is available in GIMMEL & LESCHEN (2022).

Included species. Picrotus thoracicus Sharp, 1886 ; P. wairarapa sp. nov.