Cucujus Fabricius, 1775

Jiang, Ri-Xin & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2025, Taxonomic notes of the Cucujus costatus Species-group, with description of a new species from Yunnan, China (Coleoptera, Cucujidae), Zootaxa 5711 (2), pp. 287-293 : 288

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.2.9
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C. costatus Species-group

Emended diagnosis (after Hisao 2021). Head large and broad, distinctly wider than pronotum, temples very large, extremely developed; pronotum transverse, subquadrate, lateral margins with several small teeth; surface of head and pronotum densely covered with large and round punctures, each bearing a short seta; elytral carinae distinctly developed and elevated; penis rounded apically, ventral sclerite absent; spermatheca simple, C-shaped, head not strongly expanded.

Included species: C. costatus Zhao & Zhang, 2019 ; C. zhengyucheni sp. nov.

Distribution: East Asian.