TRIBE PURPURICENINI

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DIAGNOSIS : eye small, finely facetted, deeply emarginated, widely separated on the lateral margin of head; fore coxal cavity widely open behind; posterior end of metasternum with scent pore at posterior angle; show sexual dimorphism, has larger mandibles than .

Key to genera of Purpuricenini in Sarawak

1.   Clypeus produced over labrum; antennal insertion widely separated, at extreme lateral side; femora incrassate (less distinctive in ); prothorax and elytra red. For : head extremely large, wider than prothorax; mandible curved on its entire length, somewhat cylindrical, molar bidentate, base not carinate but produced ventrally; labrum narrow, extremely broad, as wide as entire clypeus; gena ridged, short; femora incrassate; elytra ususally entire testaceous-red. For :  head narrower than prothorax; hind femora at most reaching elytral apex; elytra red with black apical tip - Euryphagus, THOMSON
Clypeus not produced over to labrum; head narrower than prothorax in both sexes; antennal insertion approximate, at dorsal; femora fusiform; prothorax deep magenta, elytra ochraceous with black tip in both and . For : head larger; labrum small, transverse, 1/3 width of cylpeus, mandible sagitate, obliquely bent from middle to apex, base produced dorsally; gena not ridged, exserted. For : head small; half of hind femora extended beyond elytral apex. - Euryclelia, THOMSON