Cueta Navás, 1911

Diagnosis. Anterior margin of the clypeo-labrum with a small median incision; mandibles with 3 teeth, the median tooth is the strongest and it is closer to the apical tooth than to the basal tooth; at least 1 seta is always present between the median and apical teeth; external margin of the mandibles provided with long setae; pronotum covered with short setae; mesothoracic spiracle raised on a very short tubercle, abdominal spiracles inconspicuous; thorax with sessile setiferous processes; metathoracic legs with a fringe of setae; VIII abdominal sternite with odontoid process and digging setae; IX sternite with an anterior group of two pairs of digging setae and two rastra each bearing 4 digging setae, one large digging seta is disposed at the base of each rastrum.

Examined species. C. lineosa (Rambur, 1842); C. beieri Hölzel, 1969 .

Comments. The genus Cueta comprises at least 80 known species distributed in the arid areas of Eurasia and Africa (Stange 2004). The larvae are known only for a handful of species (Willmann 1977; Stange et al. 2003; Krivokhatsky 2011).