Placodes Erichson, 1834: 103. [type species: Placodes caffer Erichson, 1834: 105]: Ohara & Mazur, 2000.
Notes. (Ohara & Mazur, 2000). The genus Placodes is represented by 7 rather large African species. The genus is very similar to Plaesius and Hyposolenus in body size, in having only one prosternal lateral stria, and in the structures of tibiae and genital structures, but it may easily be distinguished by the presence of a large tooth at each angle of meso- and metatibiae (Fig. 10G, H). Plaesius and Hyposolenus are distributed in Southeast Asia, while Placodes is restricted to Africa.
Distribution. Central Africa.