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Malalcahuello ocaresi gen. n. & sp. n., from Chile, is described and compared with Campyloxenus pyrothorax Fairmaire & Germain, 1860.

Carlota gen. n., with one included species C. coigue sp. n., is described and illustrated from the Valdivian forests of Chile. The relationships of this genus to other Agrypnini from Chile are discussed and generic key for Chilean Agrypninae genera is provided.

The redefinition of the Southern South American genus Podonema Solier, 1851 (type species : Podonema impressum Solier, 1851, by monotypy) is presented with new distributional data. Nine species are included : Podonema impressum Solier 1851, P. aluperam n. sp., P. dalcahue n. sp., P. kopihue n. sp., P. maihue n. sp., P. mawida n. sp., P. obscuratum Golbach, 1979, n. stat., P. palmarense n. sp. and P. wiloi n. sp., Révision du genre Podonema Solier, 1851, d'Amérique du Sud méridionale (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Pomachiliini). Le genre Podonema Solier, 1851, du sud de l'Amérique latine (espèce-type Podonema impressum Solier, 1851, par monotypie) est révisé et de nouvelles données sur sa répartition géographique sont apportées. Neuf espèces sont à présent incluses dans le genre : Podonema impressum Solier, 1851, P. aluperam n. sp., P. dalcahue n. sp., P. kopihue n. sp., P. maihue n. sp., P. mawida n. sp., P. obscuratum Golbach, 1979, n. stat., P. palmarense n. sp. et P. wiloi n. sp., Revisión del género Podonema Solier, 1851, del Sur de America del Sur (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Pomachiliini). Se revisa el género sudamericano Podonema Solier, 1851 (especie tipo Podonema impressum Solier, 1851, por monotipo) y se presenta nueva información que incluye 9 especies : Podonema impressum Solier 1851, P. aluperam n. sp., P. dalcahue n. sp., P. kopihue n. sp., P. maihue n. sp., P. mawida n. sp., P. obscuratum Golbach, 1979, n. stat., P. palmarense n. sp., P. wiloi n. sp., Arias-Bohart Elizabeth T. Revision of the elaterid genus Podonema Solier, 1851, from Southern South America (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Pomachiliini). In: Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, volume 115 (1),2010. pp. 35-46.

Sharon gen. nov. is here described to include Asaphes? amoenus Philippi, 1861 comb. nov. from Chile. A redescription of the species is based on the female holotype and material from different geographic locations. Candèze (1891) placed Asaphes amoenus and Parasaphes elegans in the suprageneric group Asaphites. We discuss differences between Sharon gen. nov. and Hemicrepidius Germar, 1839, where Asaphes amoenus was later placed by Blackwelder (1944). Based on morphological characters, Sharon gen. nov. appears to be related to Parasaphes Candèze, 1881, Wynarka Calder, 1986, and Tasmanelater Calder, 1996, all from Australia, suggesting Gondwanan relationships.

Alyma Arias, a new genus of Elateridae from Chile, is here described and illustrated with eight included species: A. pallipes (Solier), new combination, A. ariasvillegasai Arias, new species, A. calafquenensis Arias, new species, A. contulmoensis Arias, new species, A. lawlerae Arias, new species, A. quiriquinaensis Arias, new species, A. rieseorum Arias, new species, and shapiroi Arias, new species. The type species of the genus Alyma is Cardiophorus pallipes Solier, 1851.

The Chilean members of the little known tribe Egoliini (Trogossitidae, Trogossitinae) are revised, keyed and illustrated. The tribe is represented in Chile by three species of the genus Acalanthis Erichson, and a single species of Necrobiopsis Crowson (N. shangrila sp. n.), a genus known previously from Australia. All Chilean species of Egoliini occur in temperate forests and are often collected by canopy fogging.

Bohartina Arias, a new genus of Elateridae from forests in the Andean Cordillera of Central Chile, is here described and illustrated with 2 species: B. vilchesensis sp. nov. and B. palmae sp. nov. The genus Bohartina belongs to the subfamily Elaterinae and to the tribe Agriotini.