Dectes LeConte, 1852

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Dectes LeConte, 1852: 144

Type species — Lamia spinosa Say, 1826 (monotypy) [= Dectes sayi Dillon & Dillon, 1953].

Diagnosis. Antennae longer than body in both sexes; pronotum broader than long, subcylindrical, sides acutely spined before basal impression; prosternum narrow, prosternal process laminiform; elytra a little more than twice as long as broad; basal metatarsomere as long as the two following together. Number of species currently included: 3; in Mexico: 2.