Discovery of a Third Stag Beetle Genus in the Amazonian Region, with Description of a New Species ofPsilodonPerty (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Syndesinae: Syndesini)
Author
Grossi, Paschoal Coelho
Author
Aguiar, Nair Otaviano
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2014
2014-03-31
68
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83
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-68.1.83
journal article
10.1649/0010-065X-68.1.83
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KEY TO THE SPECIES OF
PSILODON
PERTY
1. Antennae with six lamellae, body usually robust ............................................................................ 2
1′. Antennae with seven lamellae, body slender.
Bolivia
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P. gilberti
Boucher
2. Pronotum completely punctate, rugose; punctures coalescent. External lobe of male mandibles (beta) tooth-like.
Colombia
.................. ...............................
P. aequinoctiale
(Buquet)
2′. Pronotum not rugose, instead smooth and weakly to densely punctate; punctures never coalescent. External lobe of male mandibles (beta) obsolete or rounded............................3
3. Male mandibles with a patch of dense setae inside apex and lateral lobe obsolete, almost joined to basal tooth; mentum transversely excavated. Pronotum with 4 foveae, two on each side, and with deep median longitudinal furrow. Metasternum glabrous around discrimen ............................................................................ 4
3′. Male mandibles with scattered setae, never forming a dense patch, and with a distinct lateral, basal, rounded lobe (b); mentum not excavated. Pronotum with only a shallow longitudinal furrow; lateral foveae absent. Metasternum with 2 setose areas around discrimen ......................................................................... 5
4. Male and female pronota weakly punctate at sides; mandibles with simple medial tooth; sdistance between medial mandibular tooth and apical fork longer than distance between 2 teeth of apical fork ........
P. seguyi
(Didier)
4′. Male and female pronota strongly punctate at sides; mandibles with medial tooth bicuspidate; distance between medial mandibular tooth and apical fork subequal or shorter than distance between 2 teeth of apical fork....................... .....
P. luki
(Onore, Bartolozzi, and Zilioli)
5. Male mandibles slightly deflexed, with internal surface visible from above. Pronotum strongly and uniformly punctate; punctures moderate to coarse, even on disc. Female unknown ...... ...............................
P. buhrnheimi
Grossi and Aguiar
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new species