Leptotyphlini Fauvel, 1874

Leptotyphlini Fauvel, 1874 View in CoL

Diagnosis. Maxillary palpomere 2 strongly dilated, much more developed than palpomere 3; tarsi with 2 or 3 tarsomeres; prosternal coxal cavities rounded on anterior margin, lacking excision; lacking suture separating proepisternum from prosternum; all visible tergites with well-defined paratergites; all visible abdominal sternites lacking deep basal transverse sulcus.

Remarks. The richest tribe of the subfamily. It holds 10 genera and 264 valid species names. The large majority of species is in the Mediterranean region. Out of this region, there are three species in the Democratic Republic of Congo, one in Tanzania, one in Indonesia (West Papua) and one, Leptotyphlus kovaci Šustek, 2000 , in Slovakia. Only one genus, Kenotyphlus (distribution on Fig. 91 View FIGURES 90–91 ) is present in the Balkan Peninsula.