Neocardiophorus Gurjeva, 1966 Figs 57-58

Neocardiophorus Gurjeva, 1966: 95. Type species: Neocardiophorus mamajevi Gurjeva, 1966: 95.

Diagnosis.

Head. Mandibles with 2 points. Prothorax. Pronotum with carina along lateral edge not hidden in dorsal view, and restricted to hind angles, or not reaching more than halfway to anterior edge. Prosternum with anterior edge not short, produced as lobe, concealing labium when head not extended. Pterothorax. Scutellum with middle of anterior edge abruptly emarginate, anterolateral edges evenly rounded, and posterior apex evenly rounded. Legs. No tarsomeres lobed or lamellate; tarsal claws with one apex per side; tarsal claws with one apex per side. Also. Pterothorax. Abdomen. Urosternites 3-7 without serrations along sides. Two species, known from males from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.