Macronemurus A. Costa, 1855

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Macronemurus A. Costa, 1855

Diagnosis. Mandibles relatively strong, equipped with 3 equidistant teeth; setae covering the pronotum disposed in parallel rows; mesothoracic spiracles cone-shaped, raised on tubercle; thoracic setiferous processes pedunculated; VIII abdominal sternite with odontoid processes; IX abdominal sternite with rastra bearing digging setae of comparable length, with a shorter internal pair.

Examined species. M. appendiculatus (Latreille, 1807) .

Comments. A mainly afrotropical genus with few members in the Palaearctic and in India, Macronemurus comprises 34 species ( Stange 2004). The preimaginal stages of this genus are undescribed, except for a not diagnostic description of the 1 st instar larva of M. appendiculatus ( Insom et al. 1985) .