Revision of the subgenus Cosmiomorpha (Cosmiomorpha) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)
Author
Qiu, Jian-Yue
Author
Xu, Hao
Author
Hu, Chun-Lin
text
Zootaxa
2013
3745
4
401
434
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3745.4.1
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1175-5326
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Key to species of subgenus
Cosmiomorpha
based on male external characters
1. Clypeus subtrapezoidal in ventral view (
Figs. 24, 26, 30
); apical margin raised, depressed in middle.................... 2
- Clypeus subrectangular in ventral view (
Figs. 22, 28, 32, 34
); apical margin raised, slightly depressed in middle or straight.. 4
2. Dorsal surface smooth, shiny, usually sparsely clad with short scales (
Figs. 66–67
,
126, 128–129
); protibia comparatively slim, the deflexed tooth short and small (
Figs. 39–40
,
52–53
). Distributed in
Taiwan
......................
C
.
sauteri
Bourgoin
- Dorsal surface dull, setose, seldom smooth (
Figs. 63–65, 73
,
89, 91–93
,
143
); protibia comparatively wide, and the deflexed tooth evedent (
Figs. 37–38, 44
,
49–51, 57
). Distributed in continental Asia....................................... 3
3. Tarsi and tibiae black (
Fig. 143–144
)..................................................
C
.
nigripedis
new species
- Tarsi and tibiae orange red; apical portions of each tarsomere dark brown or black (
Figs. 89–93
).........
C
.
decliva
Janson
4. Tarsi orange red; the deflexed tooth short, blunt (
Fig. 60
,
149–150
)..............................
C
.
cheni
new species
- Tarsi black or dark brown; the deflexed tooth long (
Figs. 48, 54–56, 58–59
, 76–80, 133–139, 145–146)................. 5
5. Tip of the deflexed tooth rounded (
Figs. 58–59
)........................................
C
.
maolanensis
new species
- Tip of the deflexed tooth sharp (
Figs. 48, 54–56
)............................................................. 6
6. Protibia wide, gradually expanded apically; scales on dorsal surface large (
Figs. 41–43
,
68–72
).......
C
.
fortis
new species
- Protibia slim or almost of equal width, scales on dorsal surface small (
Figs. 35–36
,
61–62
)...........
C
.
modesta
Saunders