THE COQUILLETTI GROUP

Included species: Heraeus cinnamomeus, H. coquilletti, H. costalis sp. nov., H. itzelae sp. nov., and H. setosus sp. nov.

Diagnosis

Sparsely pilose species, with head smooth and shiny (except H. setosus sp. nov.); ocelli located posteriorly to an imaginary line passing the posterior border of eyes; posterior pronotal lobe and clavus uniformly coloured; corium without pale spots, at most with a small spot restricted to costal margin; evaporative area short, distance from dorsal margin of auricle to dorsal margin of evaporative area shorter than distance from dorsal margin of evaporative area to dorsal margin of metapleura; males with strongly incrassate profemora with one ventral spine much larger than the others and protibiae with a row of small tubercles on inner surface.