Leptocometes Bates, 1881

(Figs. 45–46)

Leptocometes Bates, 1881: 161; Özdikmen, 2008: 662 (reval.).

Type species — Leptocometes hispidus Bates, 1881 (monotypy).

Tithonus Thomson, 1864: 24; Özdikmen, 2008: 62 (preoccupied by Tithonus Germar, 1823, Coleoptera, Curculionidae).

Type species — Tithonus umbrosus Thomson, 1864 (original designation).

Lophopoedes Gilmour, 1957: 11 .

Type species — Lophopoeum virescens Melzer, 1931 (original designation).

Lathrozineus Gilmour, 1959c: 23 .

Type species — Lathrozineus volcanensis Gilmour, 1959 (original designation).

Diagnosis. Prothorax with prominent lateral tubercle placed centrally or a little behind; pronotum with tubercles; mesoventral process at most as wide as half of width of a mesocoxa; elytra without centrobasal crest or lateral carina. See comment in introduction. Number of species currently included: 15.