Tuberolamia Breuning 1940

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.