Key to the species of Loricula Novák, 2016 (male) 1 Mesotibiae with small thorn or finely produced angle on ventral margin.......................................... 2 - Mesotibiae without protrusion on ventral margin............................................................. 3 2 Antennomeres I–III, maxillary palpi and legs blackish brown; setae of elytra on dorsal surface relatively sparse, punctures in rows of elytral striae small-sized, elytral intervals slightly convex, apex of elytra roundly truncated. China (Yunnan)........................................................................................ L. flosmanni Novák, 2016 - Antennae, maxillary palpi and legs pale brown; setae of elytra on dorsal surface relatively dense, punctures in rows of elytral striae medium-sized, elytral intervals distinctly convex, apex of elytra rounded. Laos, Thailand ...................................................................................................... L. subaeneipennis (Pic, 1922) 3 Pronotum short and wide, lateral margins of pronotum regularly arcuate; elytra blackish brown near lateral margins and reddish brown near suture. Laos ...................................................... L. gladiotibialis Novák, 2016 - Pronotum long and narrow, lateral margins of pronotum parallel in basal half; elytra unicolored, brown or blackish brown... 4 4 Elytra brown; femora reddish brown; protibiae slender, with one indistinct thorn near middle of ventral margin. China (Yunnan)............................................................................ L. yunnanica Novák, 2016 - Elytra blackish brown; basal part of femora brownish yellow, apical part dark brown; protibiae broadened, with one distinct short thorn near middle of ventral margin. China (Yunnan).................................... L. unidentata sp. nov.

Published as part of Li, Zhaoxu & Ren, Guodong, 2019, Two new species of comb-clawed beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) from Yunnan, China, pp. 162-170 in Zootaxa 4576 (1) on page 167, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/2624779