Trichaphodiellus Schmidt 1913

Genus Trichaphodiellus Schmidt, 1913 Diagnosis Length 6.0–8.0 mm. Body oblong, dark testaceous. Head with small and sparse punctures; clypeus sinuate medially, with medial tubercle anterior to frontoclypeal suture; frontoclypeal suture evident. Pronotum with sparse punctation, punctures of two sizes; pronotum without posterior marginal line. Dorsal surface of protibia with dense punctation. Meso- and metatibia with two distinct transverse carinae on lateral margin. Apical and lateral margin of metatibia crowned with setae; setae progressively longer closer to margins. Remarks Trichaphodiellus is a Neotropical monotypic genus (Dellacasa et al. 2001a).