Blaudusinae Kumar, 1974

Subfamily Blaudusinae Kumar View in CoL ( Figs. 1-10)

The members of this subfamily can be distinguished by the following characters: abdominal spine usually present, when absent either lateroposterior angles of seventh sternum produced into processes or lateral margins of pronotum thin; mesosternal carina usually absent, but if present only as a raised wedge at junction of pro- and mesosterna.

The Blaudusinae are restricted to the Southern Hemisphere; the two recognized tribes: Blaudusini and Lanopini , are known from South America, South Africa, Madagascar and Australia ( Kumar, 1974; Schuh & Slater, 1995). In Argentina, seven genera and 12 species belonging to the tribe Lanopini are present. In this contribution the tribe Blaudusini is recorded for the first time from Argentina, represented by Be-baeuS punCtipeS Dallas.