Lepturges (Lepturges) Bates, 1863

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Lepturges Bates, 1863c: 367 .

Type species — Lepturges elegantulus Bates, 1863 (subsequent designation, Linsley & Chemsak, 1995: 78).

Lepturgus Gemminger, 1873: 3156 (unjustified emendation).

Type species — Lepturges elegantulus Bates, 1863 (subsequent designation, Linsley & Chemsak, 1995: 78).

Maculurges Dillon, 1956c: 338 .

Type-species — Liopus regularis LeConte, 1862 (original designation).

Diagnosis. Male antennae without spines in antennomeres V or VI; lateral tubercles of the prothorax acute, coincident or not with posterolateral angles; pro- and mesoventral processes less than one-fourth of the width of the procoxal cavity; elytra without centrobasal crest or carinae. Number of species currently included: 78; in Mexico and Central America: 19.