Genus Konradus Chani-Posse & Ramírez-Salamanca, 2020

Figures 1 A, B, 2 A – C, 3 E, 4 A, 5 A – J, 6 A – C, 7, 8

Konradus Chani-Posse and Ramírez-Salamanca 2020: 239; Rodríguez-Melgarejo and Chani-Posse 2021: 16 (NT lineage); Chani-Posse et al. 2022: 65, 66, 70 (phylogeny); Ramírez-Salamanca et al. 2024: 5 (list); Chani-Posse et al. 2024: 118, 122 (phylogeny); Chani-Posse and Rodríguez-Melgarejo 2024: 396, 404, 405, 413 (phylogeny).

Species composition.

Four species: Konradus actinus (Bernhauer) comb. nov. (Bolivia); Konradus cuscensis sp. nov. (Peru); Konradus leehermani Chani-Posse & Ramírez-Salamanca (Ecuador); Konradus trescrucensis sp. nov. (Peru).

Type species.

Konradus leehermani Chani-Posse & Ramírez-Salamanca, 2020 .

Diagnosis and description.

As in Chani-Posse and Ramírez-Salamanca (2020 a).

Recognition.

Konradus can be easily recognized among other Neotropical genera of Philonthina by its distinct and entirely metallic-colored habitus, characterized by an elongate head and pronotum, with posterior angles of the head almost obsolete, gular sutures joined posteriorly before the neck, eyes distinctly shorter than the tempora, and protarsomeres 1–4 subequal in length, slightly to moderately widened apically, bearing both discal and marginal striate setae on the ventral surface, with the discal setae sparse and not forming a patch. Furthermore, Konradus can be distinguished from Yuracarus gen. nov. by several key features. The head of Konradus has posterior angles that are almost obsolete, while those of Yuracarus are distinctly obtuse. The profemur in Konradus is subcylindrical and not angulate medially, whereas in Yuracarus it is distinctly angulate in both sexes. Additionally, the protarsomeres 1–4 of Konradus have discal setae that are scattered and do not form a patch, in contrast to those of Yuracarus, where the discal setae form a patch on the ventral surface.

Distribution.

Konradus is currently known from the Tropical Andes of Ecuador, with new records from Peru and Bolivia (Fig. 7), at altitudes ranging from 2100 to 3600 meters.