semiflavus group

Included species: Loncovilius barclayi sp. nov. and L. semiflavus (Fairmaire and Germain, 1862) .

Diagnosis: Head about as wide as long, without coarse non-setiferous punctures; nuchal ridge absent dorsally, nuchal and infraorbital ridges joined; gula without isodiametric microsculpture in the middle; postmandibular ridge located close to eye margin; PMP (usually reduced); females with antennomere 11 distinctly longer than antennomere 10 (a11:a10 ratio>1.5). Pronotum outline evenly curved, with one SLSP. Protibiae not sexually dimorphic, in both sexes without laterodorsal row of thick spines. Tergites III and IV with only a few rows of coarse punctures of moderate density, with large impunctate area near apical margin (Fig. 9D); tergite VIII with medial apical emargination in both sexes; ovipositor, its second gonocoxite with one macroseta medially (Fig. 9G).