Ascelosodis Redtenbacher, 1868

Ascelosodis Redtenbacher 1868: 117; Bates 1879: 468; Reitter 1900: 87; Blair 1923: 278; Koch 1948: 76; Kaszab 1959: 356; 1968: 48; Doyen 1993: 500.

Diagnosis

Ascelosodis can be distinguished from its closely allied genera by the combination of the following characters: sides of thorax and elytra ciliate beneath, clypeus trilobed, clypeal lobe of head obviously prominent, eyes covered by pronotum, posterior angles of pronotum rectangular, obtuse or rounded, outer margins of mesotibiae without groove.

Type species

Ascelosodis serripes Redtenbacher, 1868, by monotypy.

Distribution

Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikkim, Tadzhikistan, Afghanistan and China (Tibet).