A synopsis of the tribe Lachnophorini, with a new genus of Neotropical distribution and a revision of the Neotropical genus Asklepia Liebke, 1938 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae) Author Erwin, Terry L. Hyper-diversity Group, Department of Entomology, MRC- 187, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, P. O. Box 37012, DC 20013 - 7012, USA erwint@si.edu Author Zamorano, Laura S. Research Student, MRC- 187, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, P. O. Box 37012, DC 20013 - 7012, USA & Laboratorio de Zoologia Acuatica LAZOEA, Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia text ZooKeys 2014 2014-08-01 430 1 108 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.430.8094 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.430.8094 1313-2970-430-1 86F760563B8B49FB9C86FAD0DB0CBE8C FFE6FF8CFFD43B66335AD2203774DB49 578441 Lachnaces Bates, 1872 Dull downy-bellied beetles Figs 14 , 26 Lachnaces Bates, 1872:201 Type species. Lachnaces sericeus Bates, 1872:202 Way of life. Size range - 3.2 mm to 5.4 mm; these small beetles occur in Amazonian inundation forests of the Varzea and Igapo systems. Adults occur in very wet leaf litter and in rotten wood in swampy areas. One adult was found by insecticidal fogging of the suspended fronds of an Astrocaryum palm; no doubt it was seeking refuge from inundation. Distribution. Brazil, Peru . Notes. Currently, three described species are assigned to this genus: however, eight species are represented in the NMNH collection. A taxonomic revision of the group is needed. References. Ball and Hilchie (1983) ; Erwin (1991) ; Ball and Bousquet (2000) .