A redefinition of Gauromaia Pascoe, 1866 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenochiinae) Author Telnov, Dmitry Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, SW 7 5 BD London, United Kingdom. & Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Vienības iela 13, LV- 5401 Daugavpils, Latvia. & Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, O. Vācieša iela 4, LV- 1004 Rīga, Latvia. Author Ruzzier, Enrico 0000-0003-1020-1247 Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Viale G. Marconi 446, 00146, Rome, Italy. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-12-13 5551 3 531 555 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5551.3.5 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.3.5 1175-5326 14443154 6252CBB0-96A2-439D-A281-F55FAE264D96 Key to species assigned to Gauromaia subgenus Celebesa 1 Body length to maximum width ratio ~ 2.8–2.9; prosternal intercoxal process at posterior extent of procoxal cavity nearly right-angled, step-like shaped in lateral view; elytral striae deep, interstriae convex; elytra elongate, ~ 1.8× as long as combined width.......................................................................... G. ( C. ) striata comb. nov. – Body length to maximum width ratio 2.6 or less; posterior margin of prosternal intercoxal process at posterior extent of procoxal cavity either declivous, rarely step-like in lateral view; elytral striae flat or moderately deep, interstriae flat or slightly convex; elytra less elongate, ≤1.6× as long as combined width........................................................ 2 2 Mentum each side to median portion with deep posterolateral pit, pit anterior margin raised in ventral aspect......................................................................................... G. ( C. ) latipennis comb. nov. – Mentum posterolaterally without deep pits, with or without shallow ventral impressions............................. 3 3 Prosternal intercoxal process strongly humped in ventral aspect at posterior extent of procoxa; lateral portions of mentum with two rounded tubercles.......................................................... G. ( C. ) impressa comb. nov. – Prosternal intercoxal process between procoxae flattened or evenly arched in ventral aspect; mentum without obvious rounded tubercles............................................................................................ 4 4 Elytral interstriae slightly convex; elytral striae comparatively deeper cut; prosternal intercoxal process constricted apically in ventral, declivous in lateral view.................................................. G. ( C. ) angustior comb. nov. – Elytral interstriae entirely flat; elytral striae delicately cut, shallow; prosternal intercoxal process subparallel, broadly rounded at apically in ventral, nearly right-angled in lateral view................................ G. ( C. ) elongata comb. nov.