A revision of the genus Ora Clark, 1865 (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) in Argentina (part II) — redescriptions, updated distributions and a key to species
Author
Libonatti, María Laura
text
Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3985.1.4
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Key to
the Argentine
species of the genus
Ora
1 Body reddish testaceous with antennae, legs and apical part of elytra dark brown to black (
Figs. 1–3
)...................................................................................................
Ora atroapicalis
Pic, 1928
- Body differently colored............................................................................... 2
2 Head, pronotum and scutellar shield brown, elytra uniformly yellow or yellow with brown spots (
Figs. 20, 21
)..........................................................................................
Ora semibrunnea
Pic, 1922
- Body differently colored............................................................................... 3
3 TL less than 3.0 mm (
Fig. 5
)..........................................................
Ora bivittata
Pic, 1922
- TL more than
3.5 mm
................................................................................. 4
4 Elytra with a zigzag yellow mark enclosed by brown areas (
Figs. 18, 19
). Penis L-shaped in ventral aspect (
Fig. 100
).......................................................................................................... 5
- Elytra differently colored. Penis not L-shaped............................................................... 6
5 Body oval, TL/EW 1.3–1.4 (
Libonatti 2014: fig. 22
). Penis narrower, with a shorter lateral protuberance (
Libonatti 2014: fig. 38
).....................................................................
Ora brevieminentia
Libonatti, 2014
- Body oblong oval, TL/EW 1.7–1.8 (
Figs. 18, 19
). Penis broader, with a longer lateral protuberance (
Fig. 100
)...........................................................................................
Ora platensis
Brèthes, 1925
6 Body broadly oval (
Figs. 6–12
). Elytra punctation not uniform, with intermixed coarser punctures. Penis rod-shaped (
Figs. 68
,
117
). Prehensor without well-defined sclerites (
Figs. 54
,
74
,
122
)................................................ 7
- Body oval or elliptical (
Figs. 13–17, 22–25
). Elytra punctation uniform, without intermixed coarser punctures. Penis not rodshaped (
Figs. 86
,
133
). Prehensor with well-defined sclerites (
Figs. 90
, 138,139)................................... 9
7 Body wider, TL/EW 1.1–1.2. Elytra yellow with pale spots (
Libonatti 2014: figs. 23, 24
). Left-handed surface of tegmen spiny (
Libonatti 2014: figs. 55, 57
). Anterior part of bursal sclerite not folded, with a single central tooth, margin rectangularly notched, middle part with a pair of shorter and narrower teeth (
Libonatti 2014: figs. 61, 62
).....................................................................................................
Ora megadepressa
Libonatti, 2014
- Body narrower, TL/EW 1.4–1.5. Elytra yellow with or without brown spots (
Figs. 6–12
). Left-handed surface of tegmen not spiny (
Fig. 62
). Anterior part of bursal sclerite folded, with three teeth, margin not notched or ovally notched, middle part with a pair of longer and broader teeth (
Figs. 55–57
,
75, 76
)...................................................... 8
8 Elytra yellow with non-coalescent small brown spots (
Fig. 6
). Anterior margin of bursal sclerite rounded, not notched (
Fig. 56
)....................................................................................
Ora bruchi
Pic, 1928
- Elytra yellow, without spots (
Fig. 8
) or with small brown spots (
Fig. 10
), usually coalescing in larger spots in the anterior 1/3 (
Fig. 9
), or with a rounded brown spot (
Fig. 11
), or with a brown basal fascia (
Fig. 12
). Anterior margin of bursal sclerite notched (
Figs. 77, 78
)..........................................................
Ora depressa
(
Fabricius, 1801
)
9 Body oval. Elytra testaceous to brown, not costulate, without a trifurcate black mark on apex (
Figs. 22–25
). Tegmen with two apical lobes: a digitiform left-handed lobe and a very acute and curved right-handed lobe (
Fig. 132
). Prehensor with two rows of spiny sclerites (
Fig. 139
)...........................................................
Ora wagneri
(
Pic, 1928
)
- Body elliptical. Elytra testaceous to brown, costulate, with a trifurcate black mark on apex (
Figs. 13–17
). Tegmen with one digitiform apical lobe (
Fig. 85
). Prehensor without rows of spiny sclerites (
Fig. 90
)................................ 10
10 Body smaller, TL 4.1–4.9. Tegmen with a right-handed spiny region (
Fig. 85
). Dorsal appendix of penis with the lateral margins straight, diverging posteriorly to the broadly rounded apex; ventral appendix of penis straight in its major part, slightly curved at apex (
Fig. 86
). Prehensor chair-shaped (
Fig. 90
)..............................
Ora mediolineata
(
Pic, 1928
)
- Body larger, TL 4.9–6.0. Tegmen without spiny regions (
Libonatti 2014: fig. 73
). Dorsal appendix of penis broadened at middle, then lateral margins converging posteriorly to the obliquely truncate apex; ventral appendix of penis uniformly curved (
Libonatti 2014: fig. 72
). Prehensor boxing-glove-shaped (
Libonatti 2014: fig. 80
).........
Ora sigmoidea
Libonatti, 2014