Chariodema Blanchard, 1850

Chariodema Blanchard, 1850: 117 .

Type species

Philochlaenia virescens Blanchard, 1842 (designation: Evans 2003: 247).

Diagnosis

Body usually yellow or yellowish-brown, bright, and pronotum with or without green reflex (Fig. 18 G); pronotal anterior margin not beaded; pronotum−scutellum contact acutely sinuous (Fig. 8 B); prosternum with an anterior longitudinal carina; protibia with two external teeth and with a spur; meso- and metacoxae separate; internal area of metatarsomere V with spine-like setae; male ventrite VI with two parallel and setose carinae (Fig. 9 A).

Remarks

The genera Ancistrosoma, Chariodema, Faula, Manopus, Pectinosoma and Pseudopectinosoma are similar to each other. They have a sinuous pronotum−scutellum contact and meso- and metacoxae separate. Chariodema is distinguished by protibia with two external teeth and with a spur, and male ventrite VI with two parallel and setose carinae (Fig. 9 A).