Praocis Eschscholtz, 1829

Flores, Gustavo E., Carrara, Rodolfo & Cheli, Germán H., 2011, Three new Praociini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Peninsula Valdés (Argentina), with zoogeographical and ecological remarks, Zootaxa 2965, pp. 39-50 : 41

Genus Praocis Eschscholtz, 1829

Generic characteristics. Species of Praocis can be recognized by having maxillary palps with last segment axeshaped; pronotum with anterior margin concave, width of posterior margin exceeding width of anterior margin, single lateral margin slender, expanded, remote from disc, and anterior angles rounded; mesosternum inclined forward, separated from prosternum; elytron with punctuate surface, very variable among the subgenera and species in features such as with or without carinae, lateral margin rounded, well demarcated with a finer edge or carina-shaped, single or double.