Dodacles Olivier, 1885: 136

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Dodacles Olivier, 1885: 136 .

Type species: Dodacles elegans Olivier, 1885: 141 (subsequent designation by McDermott, 1964).

Diagnosis: Head with medium-sized eyes, pronotum covering the head and basal quarter of antennae ( Figs 3I–K , 4I–K ), mandibles right-angled, antennae flabellate, lamellae slender, not spathuliform, length of lamellae decreasing towards the apex. Pronotum and elytra covered only with minute dense secondary pubescence. Abdomen strongly lobed, pygidium almost as long as wide, sternum VIII bisinuate to trilobate, with the median triangular point about as long as onethird of the sternal length, the apex of phallus simple, parameral apices moderately curved.

Species included: Dodacles elegans (Olivier, 1885) , D. erebeus Olivier, 1896 , D. lateralis (Pic, 1931) comb. nov., D. niger (Pic, 1931) comb. nov..

Distribution: Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Nicaragua, Panama.

Figures

Figure 3. Habitus, dorsal view; A, Cladodes flabellatus; B, Ledocas parallelus; C, Ledocas pikillactanus sp. nov.; D, Nyctocrepis malleri; E, Andecladodes ovalis; F, Andecladodes cosangensis, lamella of antennomere III damaged; G, Brasilocladodes carinatus; H, Dryptelytra cayennensis; I, Dodacles elegans; J, Dodacles niger; K, Dodacles lateralis; L, Dryptelytra pampahermosae sp. nov.. Scales: 5 mm.

Figure4. Pronotum:A,Cladodescincticollis;B,Ledocasparallelus;C,Ledocaspikillactanus;D,Nyctocrepismalleri;E,Andecladodes ovalis;F,Andecladodes cosangensis, lamellaof antennomere IIIdamaged;G, Brasilocladodescarinatus; H,Dryptelytra cayennensis; I, Dodacles elegans; J, Dodacles niger; K, Dodacles lateralis; L, Dryptelytra pampahermosae sp. nov.. Scales: 1 mm.