Lolosia Kundrata & Bocak, 2017

Kundrata, Robin, 2018, New minute Drilini species significantly extend the distributions of Lolosia and Microselasia (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) in tropical Africa, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (2), pp. 531-538 : 532

Genus Lolosia Kundrata & Bocak, 2017

Lolosia Kundrata & Bocak, 2017: 452 .

Type species. Lolosia transversalis Kundrata & Bocak, 2017 ; by original designation.

Diagnosis. Lolosia species share the minute body, incomplete frontal carina, relatively wide fronto-clypeal region, large eyes (their frontal distance 1.20–1.35 times eye diameter), ultimate maxillary and labial palpomeres narrowed and subacute apically, serrate antennae with uneven surface ( Figs 1, 3, 5–6 ), pronotum transverse, 1.85–1.90 times wider than long, with distinct, sinuate sublateral carinae ( Figs 1, 3, 7, 11 ), scutellar shield about as long as wide, and sternite IX elongate, about twice as long as wide ( Figs 8, 12 ).

Figures

Figs 1–14. Morphology of Lolosia species. 1–2 – L. gajduskovae sp. nov.: 1 – habitus, dorsal view; 2 – habitus, lateral view. 3–4 – L. smetkovae sp. nov.: 3 – habitus, dorsal view; 4 – habitus, lateral view. 5–6 – antenna, dorsal view: 5 – L.gajduskovae sp. nov.; 6 – L. smetkovae sp. nov. 7–10 – L. gajduskovae sp. nov.: 7 – head and pronotum, dorsal view; 8 – abdominal sternite IX, ventral view; 9 – aedeagus, dorsal view; 10 – aedeagus, lateral view. 11–14 – L. smetkovae sp. nov.: 11 – head and pronotum, dorsal view; 12 – abdominal sternite IX, ventral view; 13 – aedeagus, dorsal view; 14 – aedeagus, lateral view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm (Figs 1–4), 0.5 mm (Figs 5–7, 11), 0.2 mm (Figs 8–10, 12–14).