PASSANDRIDAE Author: John F. Lawrence, 2001. Classification Suborder Polyphaga, Series Cucujiformia, Superfamily Cucujoidea. Description Antenae with 11 segments, moniliform or clavate. Antennal insertions concealed. Visible portion of procoxa globular or transverse with the trochantin concealed. Procoxal cavity externally open and internally open. Mesocoxae separated by 0.4 to 1 coxal width, with mesocoxal cavity laterally closed. Tarsal formula 5-5-5. Numberof ventrites 5 without ventrites connate. Body length 3.5-35 mm. Elongate, parallel-sided, flattened to subcylindrical and glabrous. Longitudinal grooves and carinae usually on elytra and sometimes pronotum. Quick identification Passandridae may be flattened or subcylindrical and glabrous, with relatively thick, moniliform or weakly clubbed antennae, and grooves or carinae on elytra and sometimes pronotum. Genera occurring in Costa Rica Catogenus, Passandra, Taphroscelidia. © CSIRO Emtomology, 1999 Catogenus © CSIRO Emtomology, 1999 Passandra © CSIRO Emtomology, 1999 Taphroscelidia Derechos Reservados INBio. Copyrights INBio