Lanurgus Eggers, 1920

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Lanurgus Eggers, 1920

Type species. Lanurgus barbatus Eggers, 1920 .

(Figs. 74, 77, 80)

Diagnosis. Antennal club with two procurved sutures; scapus short, with dorsal spine. Interstrial setae scale- or bristle-like, often in multiple confused rows; strial setae broad, confused. Ventral setae simple and hair-like. Protibiae with 3–6 lateral and apical denticles; metatibiae transverse near apex. Male genitalia with apophyses as long as the aedeagal body, tegmen a simple ring. Apical plate of the proventriculus only narrowly separated by a longitudinal suture, lateral teeth reinforced medially.

Included species: Lanurgus barbatus Eggers, 1920 Lanurgus capensis Schedl, 1965 Lanurgus longipilis (Schedl, 1958) comb. nov.

( Traglostus ) Lanurgus oleae Schedl, 1955 Lanurgus podocarpi Schedl, 1955 = Traglostus brevisetosus Schedl, 1957 (syn. Beaver,

2011) = Lanurgus bicolor Schedl, 1961 (syn. Beaver, 2011) = Pseudohylocurus caplandicus Nunberg, 1961 (syn.

Schedl, 1962) Lanurgus pubescens (Schedl, 1961) comb. nov.

( Traglostus ) Lanurgus rhusi Schedl, 1962 = Traglostus spatulatus Schedl, 1982 (syn. Beaver, 2011) Lanurgus spathulatus Schedl, 1948 Lanurgus subsulcatus Browne, 1970 Lanurgus xanthophloeae Schedl, 1957 Lanurgus xylographus Schedl, 1963

= Lanurgus oleaeformis Schedl, 1970 (syn. Beaver, 2011)

Excluded species: Lanurgus cribrellus Schedl, 1965 and Lanurgus minutissimus Schedl, 1961 to Pseudolanurgus , Micraciops catenatus Schedl, 1953 , Landolphianus elongatus Schedl, 1950 , Lanurgus euphorbiae Schedl, 1961 , Lanurgus frontalis Schedl, 1953 , Lanurgus gracilis Schedl, 1958 , Landolphianus minor Schedl, 1950 , Micraciops obesus Schedl, 1953 , Lanurgus pygmaeus Schedl, 1965 , Lanurgus rugosipes Schedl, 1961 , Lanurgus subdepressus Sched, 1965 , Lanurgus widdringtoniae Schedl, 1962 , all to Diplotrichus .

Distribution. South Africa, Namibia, Tanzania, Kenya.

Remarks. Traglostus pubescens share all typical features with Lanurgus and is transferred to that genus. Traglostus longipilus is more atypical by the transverse sutures on the antennal club, very long vestiture, and two hornlike projections on the epistoma. However, it is more similar to other Lanurgus species than the type species of T. exornatus .