Five new species of the Macrolycusligulatus species-group from China (Coleoptera, Lycidae).

Five new species of the Macrolycusligulatus species-group, M.expansus sp. nov. , M.quartus sp. nov. , M.costus sp. nov. , M.opacipennis sp. nov. and M.curtus sp. nov. , are reported from China and described with macrophotographs of the habitus of both sexes and aedeagi. Macrolycusguangxiensis Li, Bocak & Pang, 2015 is illustrated showing the female habitus and genitalia for the first time. In addition, a distribution map and a key to all species of the M.ligulatus species-group are provided.