Cerceros Kraatz, 1879

Du, Ruolan, Yang, Yuxia, Yang, Xingke & Liu, Haoyu, 2025, Taxonomic study of the Macrolycus gracilis group (Coleoptera: Lycidae), with descriptions of four new species from China, European Journal of Taxonomy 981, pp. 265-279 : 267-268

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scientific name	Cerceros Kraatz, 1879
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Subgenus Cerceros Kraatz, 1879

The Macrolycus gracilis group

Diagnosis

Male antennomeres III usually triangular, seldom lamellate or cylindrical. Elytra elongate, with lateral margins feebly to moderately, but never strongly diverging posteriorly. Aedeagus with phallus never notched at apex, but attached with a circular lamellar structure (e.g., Figs 2A–C View Fig , 3 View Fig ).

Included species

M. aurantiacus Kazantsev, 2001 , M. baihualingensis Li, Bocak & Pang, 2015 , M. gracilis Pic, 1923 , M. lizipingensis Li, Bocak & Pang, 2015 , M. mucronatus Li, Bocak & Pang, 2012 , M. multicostatus

Kazantsev, 2002, M. muyuensis Li, Bocak & Pang, 2012 , M. phoeniceus Li, Bocak & Pang, 2015 , M. rhodoneurus Li, Bocak & Pang, 2015 , and M. rosaceus Li, Bocak & Pang, 2015 .

Distribution ( Fig. 1 View Fig )

China, Laos, and Vietnam.