Manopus Conte de Castelnau, 1840

Type species

Manopus biguttatus Conte de Castelnau, 1840 (designation: monotypy).

Diagnosis

Body brown with elytron bearing irregular dark areas, opaque; pronotal anterior margin not beaded; pronotum−scutellum contact slightly sinuous (Fig. 8 E); prosternum with an anterior longitudinal carina; protibia with three external teeth and without spur, internal angle spine-like (Fig. 8 F); meso- and metacoxae separate; internal area of metatarsomere V with spine-like setae.

Remarks

The genera Ancistrosoma, Chariodema, Faula, Manopus, Pectinosoma and Pseudopectinosoma are similar to each other. They have a sinuous pronotum−scutellum contact and separate meso- and metacoxae. Manopus is distinguished by having the pronotum−scutellum contact slightly sinuous (similar to Pectinosoma, Fig. 8 E); protibia with three teeth, without spur, and with internal angle spinelike (Fig. 8 F); male ventrite VI straight.