Blattochaeta Reitter 1910

Genus Blattochaeta Reitter, 1910 Diagnosis. A member of the subterranean tribe Leptodirini, subtribe Bathysciina, group Théléomorphes, division II sensu Jeannel 1924, defined by: bathysciod body shape, protarsi four segmented in both sexes, protibiae lacking comb (pecten) along the lateral external margin and lacking external apical spurs, pronotum evenly convex, trapezoidal and widest at its base, inner sac (endophallus) of median lobe with sclerotized structures (apical reinforcement bands, medially positioned sclerotized structures, feather-like structures, connection nodules and basal phanera). Distribution map for the genus Blattochaeta is given (Fig. 16).Published as part of Čeplík, Dávid, Lakota, Ján & Čeplík, Jaroslav, 2021, Two new species of the genus Blattochaeta Reitter, 1910 (Insecta, Coleoptera Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Leptodirini) from Montenegro, pp. 86-100 in Zootaxa 4969 (1) on page 87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4969.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/474587