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diagnosis · 
Plazi
Diagnosis. Pharaxonotha can be distinguished from other members of the Pharaxonothinae by the following combination of characters: antennal club of 3 antennomeres; eyes large, encroaching upon gular area; submentalgular suture apparently lacking; transverse occipital line distinct; stridulatory files at base of head separated by distance ≈ width of scutellar shield; anterior pronotal margin lacking marginal line; lateral pronotal carina narrow, same thickness along entire length; elytra with basal bead; internal abdominal calli absent; male genitalia with median lobe cylindrical and tegmen laterally flattened, but not twisted; known distribution includes the Caribbean Basin from the U.S.A. ( Florida , Louisiana and Texas ), Bahamas , Greater Antillean islands of Cayman Islands , Cuba , Jamaica , Hispaniola and Puerto Rico ; Mexico , Central America into South America as far south as Bolivia .
diagnosis · Plazi
Diagnosis. Pharaxonotha can be distinguished from other members of the Pharaxonothinae by the following combination of characters: antennal club of 3 antennomeres; eyes large, encroaching upon gular area; submentalgular suture apparently lacking; stridulatory files at base of head separated by distance approximately equal to width of scutellar shield; anterior pronotal margin lacking or with very fine marginal line; lateral pronotal carina narrow, same thickness along entire length; elytra with basal bead; internal abdominal calli absent; male genitalia straight, not twisted, median lobe and tegmen rotated 180 degrees when retracted into the abdomen [see Fig. 10G and Tang et al. 2020 for examples; while it is common in the Cucujoidea for the male genitalia to be rotated 90 degrees while retracted into the abdomen ( McHugh et al. 1997 ), 180 degrees is unusual]; median lobe cylindrical; flagellum long hair-like; tegmen flattened or not flattened, basal piece broadened and ring-like to hold coiled flagellum. Known distribution includes the Caribbean Basin from Florida and Bahamas to Greater Antillean islands of the Cayman Islands , Cuba , Jamaica , Hispaniola and Puerto Rico ; mainland from southern US and Mexico to South America as far south as Bolivia .