Ant-Like Litter Beetle

Tmesiphorus LeConte, 1849

Type species: Pselaphus carinatus Say

Fauna Portal Genus Number: 1022

(after Chandler, 2001): Head and pronotum coarsely punctate. Head with frontal and vertexal foveae; maxillary palpi with second and third segments bearing lateral spines, fourth segments strongly lobed laterally, apices sharply acute. Abdomen with visible tergite 2 (V) longest or subequal in length with 1 (IV).