Ochosternus Candèze, 1863

Rosas, Matilda. L., Chan, Cynthia & Reid, Chris. A. M., 2025, A review of Ochosternus Candèze, 1863 from Lord Howe Island, Australia and key to the genera of Elateridae occuring there (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Elaterinae), Zootaxa 5711 (3), pp. 341-364 : 342

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scientific name	Ochosternus Candèze, 1863
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Ochosternus Candèze, 1863: 445 . Type species: Elater zealandicus White, 1846 , by subsequent designation ( Hyslop 1921).

Diagnosis within the Australian Elateridae

Upper surface shiny, not densely microsculptured; anterior of clypeus arcuate in dorsal view, vertically elevated above base of labrum; mandibles bidentate; pronotum entirely laterally carinate; pronotal postero-lateral lobes with a single median carina; pronotosternal sutures simple, not deeply grooved; pronotal posterior margin not notched inside angles; scutellum anteriorly abruptly elevated; mesocoxal cavities closed by combination of mesoventrite, mesanepisternum, mesepimeron and metaventrite; tarsomeres 1–4 simple, 4 not greatly reduced; tarsal claws not pectinate, without a ventral seta.