Tuberolamia Breuning, 1940

Tuberolamia Breuning, 1940: 408; 1950: 207; Monné, 1994: 5 (cat.); Monné, 2005: 609 (cat.); Monné & Hovore, 2006: 288 (checklist); Monné & Monné, 2008: 64; Monné, 2012: 115; Monné, 2024: 934.

Redescription. Frons elongate, slightly taller than wide. Antennal tubercles slightly elevated; median groove well marked. Eyes finely faceted; frontal distance between lower eye lobes at least 2.7 times length of lower lobe. Mandibles elongate, moderately protruding. Antennae thick; in males slightly longer than body; in females shorter, not reaching posterior third of elytra. Scape long, gradually widening toward apex, with long, thick setae interspersed.

Prothorax slightly transverse; sides with a slight medial tubercle. Pronotal surface with sparse, minute, shallow punctation, transversely striated by grooves of different sizes; glabrous or pubescent ( T. andicola). Elytra with or without protruding humeri ( T. santossilvai); fused, oval, reaching maximum width medially, gradually narrowing toward base and apex, the latter unarmed; surface veined throughout; with a large, elevated, conical, post-basal tubercle with blunt apex slightly directed backward. Legs moderately long, especially hind legs; femora subfusiform.

Remarks. Breuning (1940) mentioned the systematic closeness of Tuberolamia to the monotypic genus Hoplonotus Blanchard, 1841 (currently, Neohoplonotus Monné, 2005), known only from Chile and belonging to Parmenini . Neohoplonotus shares some general features with Tuberolamia, such as the short metaventrite, closed mesocoxal cavities, and the presence of a post-basal elytral tubercle. However, Neohoplonotus differs in having conical projections on the prothorax and elytra, scape with an open apical cicatrix, and divaricate tarsal claws.