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).