Togpelenys Kistner, 1989

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Togpelenys Kistner, 1989 Fig. 6

Togpelenys Kistner 1989: 308 (original description).

Type species.

Togpelenys gigantea Kistner, 1989.

Diagnosis.

This genus is clearly distinguished from the other genera of Wroughtonilla group by the combination of the following character states: eyes extremely large; pronotum without superior marginal line of the pronotal hypomeron; pronotal disc quite convex, with a shallow and large longitudinal depression; pronotum and elytra covered with long, suberect macrosetae; and abdomen large, expanded, much wider than elytra.

Distribution.

Peninsular Malaysia.

Comments.

Only the type species Togpelenys gigantea Kistner, 1989 has been known in the genus. Probably further species will be found from the regions around Peninsular Malaysia, e.g., Sumatra, Borneo and Java.