title: Redescription of the genus Wachsiella (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae: Physopeltinae) with description of male and comments on its tribal placement.
abstract: A detailed redescription (including first description of the male sex) of the genus Wachsiella Schmidt, 1931 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae: Physopeltinae) and its single species, Wachsiella horsti Schmidt, 1931, is provided. The systematic placement of the genus is discussed and it is placed in the tribe Physopeltini. Wachsiella horsti is a species endemic to south Sulawesi (Indonesia), known only from specimens collected in 1895-1896 and has never been reported since.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Moravian Museum, Hviezdoslavova 29a, CZ-627 00 Brno - Slatina, Czech Republic.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Jaroslav L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Stehlík
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, CZ-611 37 Brno, Czech Republic.; Email: vladimir.hemala@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Vladimír
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hemala
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ-193 00 Prague 9 - Horní Počernice, Czech Republic.; Email: sigara@post.cz.
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kment
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D007214:Indonesia; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size