Carphina Bates, 1872

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Carphina Bates, 1872: 223 .

Type species — Carphina arcifera Bates, 1872 (subsequent designation, Monné, 1995: 22).

Diagnosis. Each side of the prothorax with postmedian tubercle; pronotum without protuberances, with a row of punctures near the posterior margin; mesoventral process as wide as mesocoxa; elytra without centrobasal crest, lateral carinae well-developed. Number of species currently included: 10; in Mexico and Central America: 1.