Loricula Novák, 2016

Li, Zhaoxu & Ren, Guodong, 2019, Two new species of comb-clawed beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) from Yunnan, China, Zootaxa 4576 (1), pp. 162-170 : 167

Key to the species of Loricula Novák, 2016 (male)

1 Mesotibiae with small thorn or finely produced angle on ventral margin.......................................... 2

- Mesotibiae without protrusion on ventral margin............................................................. 3

2 Antennomeres I–III, maxillary palpi and legs blackish brown; setae of elytra on dorsal surface relatively sparse, punctures in rows of elytral striae small-sized, elytral intervals slightly convex, apex of elytra roundly truncated. China (Yunnan)........................................................................................ L. flosmanni Novák, 2016

- Antennae, maxillary palpi and legs pale brown; setae of elytra on dorsal surface relatively dense, punctures in rows of elytral striae medium-sized, elytral intervals distinctly convex, apex of elytra rounded. Laos, Thailand...................................................................................................... L. subaeneipennis ( Pic, 1922)

3 Pronotum short and wide, lateral margins of pronotum regularly arcuate; elytra blackish brown near lateral margins and reddish brown near suture. Laos...................................................... L. gladiotibialis Novák, 2016

- Pronotum long and narrow, lateral margins of pronotum parallel in basal half; elytra unicolored, brown or blackish brown... 4

4 Elytra brown; femora reddish brown; protibiae slender, with one indistinct thorn near middle of ventral margin. China (Yunnan)............................................................................ L. yunnanica Novák, 2016

- Elytra blackish brown; basal part of femora brownish yellow, apical part dark brown; protibiae broadened, with one distinct short thorn near middle of ventral margin. China (Yunnan).................................... L. unidentata sp. nov.