99 (96) Uniformly covered with fine, silky pubescence; male 



genitalia very elongate and slender (Figs 103, 104); 

 brown to black; 4.4-5.8 mm long, 2-2.5 mm wide: 



Eelichus lithoTphilus 

 Not uniformly covered with fine, silky pubescence 100 



100 



102 



103 



104 



Figs 99-104 Eelichus produotus : 99- aedeagus, dorsal aspect; 

 100- aedeagus, right lateral aspect; 101- female genitalia, left 

 lateral aspect; 102- female genitalia, dorsal aspect (all from 

 Hinton) . Aedeagus of H. lithophilus: 103- dorsal aspect; 

 104- left lateral aspect (all from Musgrave) . 



100 (99) Thorax abruptly depressed behind middle; a space in 



frontof the scutellum glabrous or almost glabrous 101 



Thorax gradually depressed; without glabrous space in 



front of scutellum 102 



101 (100) Glabrous space of thorax shining; first stria of 



elytra almost impunctate, or at most with small 

 punctures not reaching base; male genitalia long 

 and narrow, acutely tipped (Figs 105, 106); brown 

 to black; 4.3-5.5 mm long, 2-2.5 mm wide: Heliohus basalis 

 Glabrous space of thorax alutaceous; punctures of 

 first stria larger and often reaching to base of 

 elytron; male with a tooth-like process on antero- 

 medial surface of hind coxa; male genitalia with 

 stouter basal piece, parameres blunt-tipped (Figs 

 107, 108); brown to black, with bronzed pubescence; 

 about 4.5-5.5 mm long; 2.2-2.5 mm wide: 



Eelichus fastigiatus 



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