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Ptomaphagus sardus (Seidlitz)
SUMMARY
(Description based on the identification key in Jeannel, 1936)
• Habitus elongated-elliptical, convex
• Pronotum not very broad, the basal half parallel-sided
• Elytra long, twice as long as broad and not very narrowed at the end
• Antennal club unicolorous
• Antennae very broad, the shaft also wide
• Male metatibiae bent
• Winged
• 3rd antennomere clearly wider than the 2nd and 4th
• 6th antennomere one and a half times as broad as long
• Male metatibiae bent at the base, wide at the tip
• 3.0 – 4.0 mm