ABSTRACT

Thorax: Pronotum irregularly sculptured, with more or less distinct lateral margins and acute subapical angles; notopleural suture always distinct; prosternum with distinct protarsal grooves (absent in Priacma); legs slender, prothoracic coxae separated by prosternum which is extended behind and fits into small, mesoventral cavity; tarsal formula 5-5-5, tarsomeres tomentose beneath, penultimate tarsomere expanded, apically emarginate and/or with ventral lobe; elytra broader than pronotum, elongate, strongly costate, with rows of quadrate “window punctures,” parallel-sided; elytral epipleura narrow, lacking cells.