Anomalocys Legalov et Perkovsky, 2025

Genus Anomalocys Legalov et Perkovsky , gen. nov.

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Type species. Anomalocys lawrencei Legalov et Perkovsky , sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Small black body black, dorsally with bristles; eyes coarsely faceted; antennae seven-segmented, with small compact club consists of three fused antennomeres, last antennomere flattened; lateral margins of pronotum lacking bristles; elytral striae absent; precoxal portion of pronotum long; intercoxal process wide; procoxae transverse, not projecting below intercoxal process; metasternum long; tibiae expanded apically; protibiae with tooth on outer edge before middle; outer apical angle of protibia expanded, rounded, and bearing four spines; tarsi four-segmented; first tarsomere rather short, evidently more short than second.

Comparison. The new genus differs from all other genera of the family Ciidae by its seven-segmented antennae with a compact three-segmented club. Other species are characterized by 9- or 10-segmented (8-segmented in Octotemnus Mellié, 1847 and some species of Ceracis Mellié, 1848 and Phellinocis Lopes-Andrade et Lawrence, 2005 ); 11-segmented only in Sphindocis Fall, 1917 ( Lopes-Andrade 2008; Lawrence & Lopes-Andrade 2010). Only Scolytocis panamensis Lopes-Andrade, 2008 has a onesegmented large club but it has six antennomeres before the club. This species belongs to the tribe Xylographellini with the procoxae subconical, strongly projecting below the intercoxal process, and 7- segmented antennae ( Lopes-Andrade 2008).