Leptonetron, Lawrence, 2020

Lawrence, John F., 2020, The Australian Lymexylidae (Coleoptera: Tenerionoidea) with one new genus and two genera new to Australia, Zootaxa 4895 (2), pp. 211-238 : 226

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.2.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:77117CFB-AD8E-4066-819F-FA81D3D589B7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4333473
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3735BF36-A007-5D7B-FF46-95D0776AFE15
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leptonetron
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Leptonetron gen. nov.

Type species. Atractocerus victoriensis Blackburn, 1891 , here designated.

Diagnosis. This genus is distinguished from all other atractocerines by the 12-segmented antennae in both sexes, the narrowly elongate pronotum, the very long and slender legs with tibia twice as long as femur and combined tarsomeres twice as long as tibia.