Genus Conothele Thorell, 1878

Conothele Thorell, 1878: 303 . Type specie s: Conothele malayana (Doleschall, 1859) .

Diagnosis. The genus is distinguished from all other Halonoproctidae genera except Ummidia by the presence of a saddle depression on tibia III (Fig. 2E). It differs from Ummidia by their burrowing habits (Fig. 3). The Conothele constructs a short, superficial burrow, which lies parallel to the surface of ground; whereas the Ummidia digs a several centimetres long burrow in the soil (Haupt, 2006). Moreover, Conothele is restricted to Oriental and Australian Regions, while Ummidia has restricted to New World and Mediterranean Regions (Godwin et al., 2018)