Lophoscirtus Bruner, 1910

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5. Genus Lophoscirtus Bruner, 1910

This monotypic genus is known from only four specimens of a unique species, Lophoscirtus gracilis (Bruner, 1900) found in Argentina (Corrientes) and Uruguay (Montevideo) ( Fig. 37 ). This species is characterized by body elongated, slightly flattened; antennae with 17 segments; middle femur with a tiny, internal, dorso-apical spine and, the most important morphological aspect in the head, that does not permit it to be confused with any known batrachideine: frontal costa (lateral view) protrusive, almost horn-like ( Grant, 1956, 1962).

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FIGURE 37. Map of approximated occurrence of the genera Puiggaria Bolívar, 1887; Halmatettix Hancock, 1909; Lophoscirtus Bruner, 1910 and Paurotarsus Hancock, 1900.