Volxemia Lameere, 1884

Lolxemia Lameere, 1884: 85; Martins & Napp, 1979: 93; Martins, 1997: 59; 1999: 152 (rev.); Monné, M. A., 2005: 172 (cat.); Monné, M. A., 2012: 18; Botero, 2015: 14.

Type-species. Lolxemia dianella Lameere, 1884 (monotypy).

Martins (1999) redescribed Volxemia and discussed its relationships with other genera of Eburiini . Volxemia differs from all other genera of Eburiini by the following characters: body distinctly elongated and narrow; eyes finely faceted; antennae filiform; antennomere III without carina; pronotum and mesosternum without tubercles; elytra 4.5× longer than wide, finely and densely punctate on entire surface; elytral apex with long, acute outer spine; meso- and metafemora long and linear.

Volxemia and Pronuba Thomson, 1861 are the only genera in the tribe Eburiini with the ommatidia finely faceted (Martins, 1999). Volxemia differs from Pronuba by the prothorax laterally unarmed and the pronotum and mesosternum without tubercles. In Pronuba, the prothorax is laterally tuberculate, and the pronotum and mesosternum are also tuberculate.