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In addition to external features, beetle thoracic sclerites (including metendosternite) are fully examined and illustrated. <jats:italic>Blakealtica<\/jats:italic> is similar to <jats:italic>Monomacra<\/jats:italic> Chevrolat,1836 and related genera (<jats:italic>Disonycha<\/jats:italic> Chevrolat, 1836, <jats:italic>Hemilactica<\/jats:italic> Blake, 1937, <jats:italic>Myrmeconycha<\/jats:italic> Konstantinov &amp;amp; Tishechkin, 2017, <jats:italic>Parchicola<\/jats:italic> Bechyne &amp;amp; Bechyne, 1975, <jats:italic>Pseudodisonycha<\/jats:italic> Blake, 1954, and <jats:italic>Rosalactica<\/jats:italic> Bechyne &amp;amp; Bechyne, 1977) as all studied representatives of these genera are missing the sclerotized vaginal palpi or have them membranous and otherwise poorly developed. 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