1. Lateral border of head (temple) forming lateroventral furrow (Figs. 19, 54); ventral surface with expanded, umbilicate punctures (Fig. 21); elytral hind margin with depression or notch (Fig. 59)........................... Plochionocerus

1’. Lateral border of head (temple) without lateroventral furrows (convex; Figs. 25–29); with superior temporal carina (at superior level of eye) and/or inferior temporal carina (at inferior level of eye) delimiting flattened or concave internal area (Figs. 30–34); ventral surface lacking expanded, umbilicate punctures; elytral hind margin without depression or notch....................................................................................................................................... 2

2(1’). Head elongate, more than 1.5x as long as wide (1.54–2.00x); prosternum slightly elongate (length/width ratio 1.04–1.20); pronotal hypomeron with fine, sparse setae throughout or in posterior 2/3 (Fig. 57); tibiae with brush of pale setae in their basal half or in their basal 2/3 (Fig. 60); body blue or green metallic color ................ Agrodes

2’. Head oval, elongate or quadrate, less than 1.5x as long as wide; prosternum transverse (length/width ratio 0.65– 0.88); pronotal hypomeron with fine, sparse setae in anterior third (Fig. 58); tibiae with brush of pale setae in all lateral borders (Fig. 61); body shiny black, except in five species with green, blue or metallic reflections on body ........................................................................................................................................................................... Renda