Odontomelus I. Bolivar , 1890

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Odontomelus I. Bolivar, 1890

Odontomelus I. Bolívar, 1890: 309.

Type species.

- Opomala brachyptera Gerstaecker, 1869: 216, by monotypy.

Amphicremna Karsch, 1896: 250. Type species: Amphicremna scalata Karsch, 1896, by monotypy (syn. Jago 1994).

Paraparga I. Bolívar, 1909: 286. Type species: Machaeridia strigosa I. Bolívar, 1889 by monotypy (syn. Jago 1994).

Pargaella I. Bolívar, 1909: 287. Type species: Pargaella luctuosa I. Bolívar, 1909, by monotypy (syn. Jago 1994).

Description.

-Differentiated as in key to genera, above.

Discussion.

-Full revision published by Jago (1994). The genus now contains four winged species, two brachypterous species and 28 flightless micropterous species, including the recently described O. ancestrus Hugel, 2014 from Mauritius.

Species notes

As no taxonomic changes are proposed, redefinition of the East African species is not attempted here.

Generic diagnosis