Subfamily Cillaeinae of Africa

→ 2Dorsum glabrous or only with very short almost inconspicuous hairs on elytra and uncovered tergites.

→ 6-Dorsum distinctly pubescent.

→ 3Elytra gently sloping at sides and with widely explanate lateral edges; posterior corners of pronotum with distinct apices; laterosternites 2-3 times as long as wide; mesosternum without depressions for anterior parts of mesofemora; head flattened.

→ 4-Elytra very steeply sloping at sides and with narrowly explanate lateral edges; posterior corners of pronotum with rounded apices; laterosternites at least 4 times as long as wide (only in Liparopeplus laterosternites 2.0-2.5 times as long as wide) mesosternum with large depressions for anterior parts of mesofemora; head usually more or less convex; body usually rather convex or rarely flattened.

Leiopeplus Murray, 1864, stat. n.Body flattened and elongate (subparallelsided); pronotum with arcuate sides; scutellum subarcuate to subpentagonal, but never with clearly angular lateral corners; tergite 5 clearly widened posteriorly; labrum without median prominence; head shorter: distance between eyes 1.5-2.0 times more than head length; prosternal process flattened and extremelly widened before widely subtruncate apex; its most width about 4 times as great as least one between procoxae; posterior edge of metasternum between coxae arcuately emarginate; ventrite 1 about 1.5 times as long as ventrite 2; antennal club oval. (typc-species: L. rubidus (Murray, 1859), here designated; other species (all species described in composition of genus Brachypeplus): L. brunnescens Grouvelle in Kolbe, 1919; L. concolor Lechanteur, 1955, comb, n.; L. granulatus Lechanteur, 1955, comb, n.; L. lafertei Murray, 1864; L. major Lechanteur, 1955, comb, n.; L. nitidior Grouvelle in Kolbe, 1919; L. niger Murray, 1864; L. nigrescens Lechanteur, 1955, comb, n.; L. opacior Grouvelle, 1915c/; L. opacinus Grouvelle in Kolbe, 1919; L. splendens Lechanteur, 1955, comb, n.; L. sublaevis Grouvelle, 1915a; L. testaceus Grouvelle, 1915a; L. variabilis Lechanteur, 1955, comb, n.)

Grouvellepeplus Kirejtshuk, 2001-Body gently convex and elongate oval; pronotum subhexogonal; scutellum distinctly transverse and with clearly angular lateral corners; tergite 5 subparallelsided; labrum with a well raised median prominence; head shorter: about as long as distance between eyes; prosternai process curved along procoxae and moderately widened before widely rounded apex: its most width about 2-3 times as great as least one between procoxae; posterior edge of metasternum between coxae angularly excised; ventrite 1 about twice as long as ventrite 2; antennal club subcircular.

Liparopeplus Murray, 1864, stat. n.Pronotum subhexagonal; distance between metacoxae much greater than that between procoxae and posterior edge of metasternum between coxae straight; laterosternites 2.0-2.5 times as long as wide; prosternai process medially convex and moderately widened before arcuate apex. (type-species: L. colastoides (Murray, 1864), here designated; ? Brachypeplus consobrinus Grouvelle, 1899)

→ 5-Pronotum subquadrangular; distance between metacoxae less than that between procoxae and posterior edge of metasternum between coxae emarginate or excised; laterosternites 4 times as long as wide or longer; prosternai process medially flattened and moderately widened before arcuate apex.

Xanthopeplus Fairmaire, 1880, stat. n.Body convex, somewhat elongate oval and shorter. Cillaeus (type-species: C. (X.) brachelytrus Fairmaire, 1880, by monotypy; other species, including the species described by F. Lechanteur in composition of Brachypeplus (Liparopeplus): C. (X.) bicolor Lechanteur, 1955, comb, n.; C. (X.) camerounensis Paulian ct Villlers, 1940; C. (X.) elongatus Lechanteur, 1955, comb, n.; C. (X.) ipsoides Grouvelle, 1899; C. (X.) leleupi Lechanteur, 1955, comb, n.; C. (X.) nigricollis Lechanteur, 1955, comb, n.; C. (X.) rotundicollis Lechanteur, 1955, comb, n.) subgenus

Cillaeus Laporte, 1835-Body flattened, more elongate and longer. (type-species: Cillaeus castaneus Laporte, 1835, here designated; other species: C. (C.) megacephalus Laporte, 1835; C. (C.) micros Grouvelle, 1913; C (C.) plagiatipennis (Grouvelle, 1906), comb. n. (described as Brachypeplus); C. (C.) subplagiatus Grouvelle, 1913)

Cillaeopsis Grouvelle, 1899, stat. n.-idem. Cillaeus (type species: C. (C.) kraatzi Grouvelle, 1899, here designated; other species: C. (C.) nitidulus Grouvelle, 1899) subgenus

Body more elongate and narrow (subparallelsided); distance between metacoxae markedly less than that between mesocoxae; elytra with longitudinal row of sparse punctures or tubercles corresponding to rows of hairs; pronotum subquadrangular and with rounded corners, its posterior corners never projecting posteriorly; mesosternum with large depressions for anterior parts of mesofemora; antennal grooves distinctly curved

Paracillaeopsis Kirejtshuk, 2001-Body flattened, more elongate and longer. Cillaeus subgenus

→ 7-Body more or less elongate oval and wider; distance between metacoxae subequal to that between mesocoxae; pronotum markedly narrowed anteriorly or, if subquadrangular, with acute posterior corners projecting posteriorly; antennal grooves more or less subrectilinear, convergent.

Brachypeplus Erichson, 1842Pronotum with clearly angular anterior and posterior corners or with rounded anterior and subacute posterior corners, less than twice as wide as long; mesosternum with large depressions for anterior parts of mesofemora. (typc-species: Brachypeplus planus Erichson, 1842, designated by Parsons, 1943; other species: B. (B.) aequalis (Walker, 1858); B. (A.) amplus Kirejtshuk, 2001; B. (B.) ater Grouvelle, 1892; B. (B.) bimaculatus Grouvelle, 1894; B. (B.) caffer Boheman, 1851; B. (B.) castanescens Grouvelle, 1912; B. (B.) congolensis Lechanteur, 1955; B. (B.) depressus Erichson, 1843; B. (B.) deyrollei Murray, 1864; B. (B.) frater Kraatz, 1895; B. (B.) latimargo Grouvelle, 1915; B. (B.) parallelus Murray, 1864; B. (B.) permixtus Grouvelle, 1908; B. (B.) pilloselus Murray, 1864)

→ 8-Pronotum with rounded anterior and posterior corners, at least twice as wide as long; mesosternum without depressions for anterior parts of mesofemora.

Colopterus Erichson, 1842Prosternai process strongly curved along procoxae and not extended beyond posterior edge of prothorax; elytra with diffuse fine pubescence; dorsum with coarse and diffuse punctation (only with a weak trace of longitudinal rows of punctures), and with more or less smoothed interspaces between them.

Idosoronia Schaufuss, 1891-Prosternai process medially slightly curved along procoxae and distinctly extended beyond posterior edge of prothorax; elytra with partly squamose pubescence arranged in longitudinal rows; dorsum with obsolete punctation and tubercles on elytra arranged in longitudinal rows, sculpture nearly micro-granulate. (typc-species: I. picta Schaufuss, 1891, by monotype)