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.