Pediobius cassidae species group

Diagnosis. Antenna of both sexes with three freely separated funicular segments and a 2-segmented clava. Pronotum with lateral angles prominent, obtuse-angular. Mesoscutum and scutellum broadly reticulate, meshes on scutellum at least in anterior half distinctly elongate. Gt1 smooth, usually covering basal third length of gaster or hardly reaching mid-length of gaster. Tibiae pale apically.

Species included. Pediobius cassidae and P. grisescens . Another Japanese species, P. iwatai Kamijo, probably belongs to this species group.