A revision of the genus Macrolygistopterus Pic, 1929 (Coleoptera, Lycidae, Calochromini)
Author
Ferreira, Vinicius S.
text
Zootaxa
2016
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4105.4.2
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Key to the species of
Macrolygistopterus
1. Elytra entirely bluish black.............................................................................. 2
- Elytra with basal portion testaceous or reddish and apical third to half black or bluish black........................... 3
2. Apical portion of elytra widened; costa I subapically fused with costa IV, forming an arch subapically; costa II approximately touching the middle apex of the arch formed by costae III+IV; costa III partially obliterated after elytral apical half, fused with costa II and IV at the 4/5 elytral (
Figs. 3
,
29
). Pronotum trapezoidal, glabrous, with anterior and lateral margins thickened, pronounced (
Fig. 21
)..............................................................
M. caeruleus
(Gorham, 1881)
- Elytra subparallel, not broadened distally; elytral costae I and II apically fused; costa III and IV fused apically (
Figs. 5
,
31
). Pronotum rectangular, densely pubescent, with anterior and lateral margins thin (
Fig. 23
)..........
M. grandjeani
Pic, 1930
3. Pronotum black, glabrous, strongly sculptured (
Fig. 19
), if testaceous with a slender black stripe restricted to the middle of the median elevations. Arrangement of elytral costae: costa I subapically obliterated, costae II and IV subapically fused forming an arch; costa III apically fused with the arch formed by costae II+IV, with parallel lines between costae II and III, in some specimens parallel lines very obliterated (
Figs. 1
,
27
).................................
M. succinctus
(
Latreille, 1811
)
- Pronotum testaceous, scarcely pubescent, with a broad black longitudinal stripe. Arrangement of elytral costae not like above....................................................................................................4
4. Pronotum more or less pentagonal, with anterior margins rounded................................................ 5
- Pronotum more or less subtrapezoidal.....................................................................6
5. Rostrum short (
Fig. 18
); costa I and II apically fused, forming an arch; costa III subapically fused with the arch formed by costae I+II; costa IV following alone without touching the elytral apex (
Fig. 35
)........................
M. kirschi
Pic, 1931
- Rostrum long (
Fig.17
); costae I and IV apically fused, forming an arch, with elytral 4/5 strongly obliterated; costa III obliterated at elytral 4/5; costa II reaching elytral apex, crossing the arch formed by costae I+IV, obliterated after the arch (
Fig. 35
)..................................................................................... ..
M. simoni
Pic, 1930
6. Elytral costa I reaching elytral apex, subapically obliterated; costae II and IV subapically fused, forming an arch, subapically obliterated; costa III not touching the arch formed by costae II+IV (
Fig. 30
). Adjacent area of scutellum black (
Fig. 30
).......................................................................................
M. germaini
Pic, 1930
- Arrangement of elytral costae not like above. Adjacent area of scutellum of the same color of basal portion of elytra....... 7
7. Costa I and II fused subapically, apex of costa I apically obliterated; costa III subapically obliterated and fused to the outer margin of II; costa IV reaching elytral apex, with an oblique obliterated line linking costa II and IV (
Fig. 32
).............................................................................................
M. subparallelus
Pic, 1930
- Costa I and IV not fused to any other, both free; costae II and III subapically fused, this fusion continuing into a single costa (II+III); elytral costae not reaching elytral apex. Rostrum black or testaceous..................................... 8
8. Rostrum testaceous; apical region of ventrite VII of females notched, forming two acuminated apices (
Fig. 40
); antennomere IV subequal to III in width; elytral costae slightly distinct (
Figs. 8
,
33
)......................
M.testaceirostris
Pic, 1930
- Rostrum black; apical region of ventrite VII of females notched, forming two rounded apices (
Fig. 37
); antennomere IV distinctly wider than the others; elytral costa distinctly visible (
Figs. 2
,
28
)................
M. quadricostatus
(
Buquet, 1842
)