A New Genus of Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from the Cerrado Biome of Brazil

Ferecis mariaclara gen. et sp. nov. (Ciinae: Ciini) is described based on specimens from a single field collection in the Cerrado biome of the state of Minas Gerais, in the Southeast Region of Brazil. The new genus is mainly characterized by lateral pronotal carinae visible only from below, a long prosternum in front of the procoxae (about 1.35× as long as the prosternal process), the apex of the protibiae without spines, with the outer apical angle produced to form a stout tooth in both sexes, and the diverging apical sutural flange of the elytra.