Three new genera of large marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Valdivian temperate rain forests of southern South America
Author
Ruta, Rafał
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-10-08
5048
4
451
485
journal article
4049
10.11646/zootaxa.5048.4.1
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1175-5326
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A key to species of
Mucronotus
gen. nov.
1. Elytra with large, oval punctures; pronotum glossy, granulate punctures only present on sides of pronotum; processes of trigonium longer than pala; bursal sclerite with transverse bar in anterior portion; females without dimorphic features...........................................................................................
M. schwabei
(
Pic, 1938
)
-. Elytra with small, dense punctures; pronotum matt, granulate punctures coarser, absent in the central portion of the pronotal disc; processes of trigonium shorter than pala; bursal sclerite without transverse bar in anterior portion; females with more convex pronotum and unusual setation on pronotal disc.......................................................2.
2. Posterolateral angles of pronotum widely rounded, body covered with long and dense setae......
M. velutinus
(
Solier, 1849
)
-. Posterior angles of pronotum well marked, obtuse to right-angled, setation of body shorter and not so dense [a group of species distinguishable only on the basis of genitalia]...............................................................3.
3. Apices of processes of trigonium widened, armed with denticles on inner sides; anterior portion of bursal sclerite subtrapezoidal...............................................................................
M. valdivianus
sp. nov.
-. Apices of processes of trigonium gradually narrowing; posterior portion of bursal sclerite different....................4.
4. Each process of trigonium with ca. 15 denticles on its outer margin [females unknown]............
M. patagonicus
sp. nov.
-. Each process of trigonium with ca. 30 denticles on its outer margin; anterior portion of bursal sclerite transversely oval.....................................................................................
M. enigmaticus
sp. nov.