ABSTRACT
Prothorax subquadrate (Lacconotus), campanulate (Mycterus), or slightly cordate (Hemipeplus), widest near midlength, at hind angles, or distinctly anterior of midlength; disc pronouncedly to slightly flattened, to convex, with or without shallow, paired depressions; lateral margins of pronotal disc smooth, carinae absent; anterior margin dorsally with raised, setose band (some Hemipeplus only); posterolateral area of disc with pair of small, deep pits; prosternum long anterior of coxae, somewhat flattened; intercoxal process short, triangular, somewhat sunken, not extended between coxae, or narrow, elongated, extended well between coxae (some Hemipeplus); coxae subglobular to projecting; coxal cavities open, except for some Hemipeplus; protrochantins not exposed.
