Tomocerus Nicolet, 1842

Genus Tomocerus Nicolet, 1842 View in CoL

Type species. Macrotoma minor Lubbock, 1862

Diagnosis. Average adult body length ranges 3 mm or more, moderate-sized Tomocerinae , body colour pale grey to deep brown with deep purple pigment patches and covered with shiny deep blue or brown scales. Eyes 6+6, PAO sometimes present; trochanteral organ reduced to a trochantero-femoral organ with 1, 1 pointed slender seta; dens basal portion with many simple or complex spines and distal portion with ciliated, fathered chaetae; mucro elongated with numerous chaetae of elongated sockets, paired basal teeth with corner toothlet present, outer lamella with a varying (usually from 3–11) number of intermediate teeth.