Loxozus Enderlein

Diagnosis

Head rounded. Arista micropilose. Antennae separated by more than twice the width of scape at base. Antennal base blackish-brown and shiny; inner margin projected anteriorly over dorsal portion of face. Anterior margin of frons concave, projected anteriorly between antennal bases and beyond level of anterior margin of parafacial; frontal vitta with U-shaped yellow stripe separating it from the fronto-orbital plate. Face exposed in dorsal view between antennal bases. Vibrissa spine-like, inserted on small tubercle. Prosternum wide, joining proepisternal plate laterally. Postpronotal carina large, higher than postpronotal lobe. Mid coxa with three lateral setae.

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Species accounts

1. Loxozus cornutus (Walker, 1853)