Lomanoxia

There are seven species in this myrmecophilous genus of Scarabaeidae beetle.

Diagnosis. Body length 4.3-5.2 mm, elongate oval to distinctly oval, reddish-brown to nearly black, dorsal surface usually setose. Head smooth. Clypeus rounded each side of median emargination, margin smooth. Pronotum broad, sides explanate anteriorly; lateral edge with distinct fringe of setae, evenly arcuate to posterior angles. Elytra sharply inflexed laterally at interval 8; striae weakly punctured. Mesocoxae widely separated, parallel, flattened, touching elytra near base. Meso- and metatibia apparently with 2 terminal spurs. Meso- and metatarsi slender.

List of *Lomanoxia* and their Host Ants
Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution
Lomanoxia alternata	Krikken, 1972	Atta cephalotes	Suriname
Lomanoxia canthonopsis	Skelley & Howden, 2004	ants	Costa Rica
Lomanoxia chacocola	Krikken, 1972	ants	Argentina, Paraguay
Lomanoxia costulata	Harold, 1867	Atta sexdens	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Suriname
Lomanoxia ituensis	Stebnicka, 1999	ants	Brazil
Lomanoxia melloi	Stebnicka, 1999	ants	Brazil
Lomanoxia ovalis	Schmidt, 1911	ants	Argentina

REFERENCES

Krikken, J. 1972. Species of the South American genus Lomanoxia (Coleoptera: Aphodiidae). Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas 13: 68-83.

SCHMIDT, A., 1911. Neue Aphodiinen und eine synonymische Bemerkung. Soc. ent. 24-. 35-36, 47-48, 52, 55-56.

Skelley, P.E., and H. F. Howden. 2004. A new species of Lomanoxia Martínez from Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Insecta Mundi [2003] 17(3-4): 185-190.

Stebnicka, Z. T. 1999. Lomanoxia MartÌnez, 1951, and a new tribe Lomanoxiini with notes on comparative morphology (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiinae). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 42: 279- 286.

Stebnicka, Z. T. 2007. New species of Iarupea Martínez and morphological specializations among related taxa associated with ants and termites (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Eupariini). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 114(3): 573-590.