17. Bagous proprius group

Diagnosis. Penis body with dorsal surface at base transverse (char. 64.1), with median setal brush behind orifice absent (char. 93.0). Dorsal surface sulcate behind dorsal process, producing distinctly costate lateral margin, apodemes very short. Penis body widest in front of dorsal process (char. 97.1). Post-orificial dorsal process of penis body almost horizontal, directed distally (char. 98.1).

Remarks. This group is distinctive in the structure of the penis body, especially in the shape of the dorsal process.

Species included. ORR: ¹ Bagous indistinctus O'Brien, 1995; PAL: *¹ B. proprius O'Brien & Morimoto, 1994 .