Afrocyrona Kolibáč, 2007

Kolibáč, Jiří, 2014, Two new species of Afrocyrona from Socotra Island (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54, pp. 197-210 : 198-199

Afrocyrona Kolibáč, 2007

Type species. Afrocyrona dwesae Kolibáč, 2007 , original designation.

The present classification of the two species newly described within Afrocyrona is based on the following synapomorphies: (1) head almost hypognathous, (2) frontoclypeal suture absent, (3) ovipositor with distinct row of setae along apex of coxitae. They also share a common tendency to winglessness which is likely connected with their hidden way of life in litter or rotten wood in all the known species. In this way, the genus also distinctly differs from neighbouring Ancyrona , whose species are rather surface dwellers and insect hunters. Morphologically, Ancyrona differs in (1) prognathous/orthognathous head, (2) frontoclypeal suture mostly present, (3) ovipositor irregularly pubescent at apex of coxitae, (4) functional wings.

See Table 2 for a synoptic differential diagnosis between both new species.