Leptorhyparus Howden 2003

Genus Leptorhyparus Howden, 2003 Diagnosis Length 2.3–3.4 mm. Body elongate, cylindrical, red. Head punctate; clypeus weakly sinuate; middle of clypeus with two low longitudinal carinae; frons with four rounded longitudinal carinae. Pronotum with six low longitudinal ridges, the lateral ridges interrupted by large almost circular depressions; the two middle ridges complete. Elytra with sides almost parallel; four low carinae present, three of these ending abruptly before posterior tubercle; longitudinal depressions between carinae with two rows of small punctures. Remarks Leptorhyparus has four recognized species from Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama (Minkina 2020; Skelley 2021). A key for the species can be found in Minkina (2020).