Loncovilius cantharoides, Reyes-Hernández & Hansen & Shaw & Solodovnikov, 2024

Reyes-Hernández, José L., Hansen, Aslak Kappel, Shaw, Josh Jenkins & Solodovnikov, Alexey, 2024, Phylogeny-based taxonomic revision and niche modelling of the rove beetle genus Loncovilius Germain, 1903 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 202 (1), pp. 1-42 : 30

edwardsianus group

Included species: Loncovilius cantharoides sp. nov., and L. edwardsianus (Korge, 1963) .

Diagnosis: Head elongate, without coarse non-setiferous punctures; nuchal and infraorbital ridges not joined; gula with isodiametric microsculpture in the middle; postmandibular ridge located close to eye margin; PMP strongly reduced or rarely absent; females with a11 slightly longer than a10 (a11:a10 ratio <1.5). Pronotum without SLSP. Tergites III and IV with only a few rows of coarse, sparse punctures, with large impunctate area near apical margin ( Fig. 9C ); tergite VIII without medial apical emargination; ovipositor, its second gonocoxite with three or more macrosetae medially ( Fig. 9H ).

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Figure 9. Details of the abdominal structures of Loncovilius species; tergites III and IV (A–E); ovipositor (F–H). A, Loncovilius germaini. B, L. variabilis. C, L. edwardsianus. D, L. semiflavus. E, L. lividipennis. F, L. impunctus. G, L. semiflavus. H, L. edwardsianus.