Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part II: description and taxonomy of Megaxestodes gen. nov. and introduction to an informal ‘Zenithicola-complex’ including taxonomic notes and new synonymies

The species constitution and taxonomy of Zenithicola Spinola, 1841 is reviewed, resulting in description of Megaxestodes gen. nov.. for Megaxestodes crassus (Newman, 1840) comb. nov., Megaxestodes funestus (Chevrolat, 1874) comb. nov. and Megaxestodes socius (Chevrolat, 1874) stat. rev., comb. nov., the latter removed from synonymy with M. funestus. Zenithicola cribricollis Pic, 1941 syn. nov. is synonymised with Megaxestodes socius (Chevrolat, 1874) comb. nov., and Clerus obesus White, 1846 syn