Geomela

Species found in New South Wales: Geomela blackburni Lea, G. endiandrae Daccordi, G. nobilis Lea, several undescribed species. Head: Contracted behind eyes; eyes laterally prominent; frons with or without vertical groove beside inner margin of eye; frontoclypeal suture not or shallowly grooved medially, distinctly depressed on either side, producing a pair of lateral pits; first segment of maxillary palp ventrally convex , without sharp leading edge; apical segment of maxillary palp elongate conical or narrowly cylindrical; apical margin of mentum truncate or shallowly concave . Thorax: Pronotum broadest at base; anterior trichobothrium absent; posterior trichobothrium absent; pronotal disc distinctly punctate or smooth and impunctate, lateral impressions absent; base of pronotum not marginate; hypomeral groove absent; anterior of prosternum with a pair of median longitudinal ridges or without median ridges, without lateral ridges, middle not anteriorly produced; prosternal process elongate, quadrate, or slightly transverse, basal angled lobes absent; procoxal cavity open, gap at least half the width of procoxa ; elytra without tubercules ; elytral striae present, 5th stria not or slightly deepened at base; elytra not extended vertically, epipleura usually entirely, rarely partially ( G. endiandrae ), visible from sides; base of elytra not overlapping basal angles of pronotum; epipleuron narrow, < 0.2 times width of elytron, without setae ; anterior face of mesoventrite process straight, or almost so, posterior margin straight, or almost so; metaventrite femoral plates present; metaventrite process not raised anteriorly; apices of mid and hind tibiae without row of short spines on distal surface; tibiae without external keels; apex of third tarsal segment deeply bilobed ; claws simple. Abdomen: Pygidium with deep longitudinal median groove; abdominal ventrites with large setiferous punctures; apex of last ventrite rounded in female, truncate in male. The genus Geomela Lea is endemic to Australia (Reid 2004) and includes at least 15 species, with several in New South Wales, particularly in the eastern ranges. The biology is unknown. Adults have been collected in association with Parahebe (Scrophulariaceae) and Sphagnum , but without evidence of feeding.