Antillipeltis, a new genus of Antillean Trogossitidae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) with a key to the Cleroidea
Author
Lawrence, John F.
Author
Leschen, Richard A. B.
Author
Ślipiński, Adam
text
Zootaxa
2014
3794
3
435
454
journal article
45850
10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.6
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Key to the species of
Antillipeltis
1. Elytra primarily yellow with dark brown or black maculae; vestiture of densely distributed, moderately long, fine, inclined or suberect setae (
Figs 1
B, 1F); pronotal punctures shallow with gradually sloping sides, appearing coarse and dense under oblique light source; pronotal interspaces very finely granulate and moderately shiny; length 4.0–
5.5 mm
;
Dominican Republic
.................................................................................................... 2
- Elytra usually dark brown or black, sometimes with yellow pigment along suture or sides (
Figs 1
A, 1C–E); if main portion of elytral disc partly yellow, dark maculae absent and length less than
4 mm
; vestiture of sparsely distributed, moderately long, erect fine setae or very short, fine setae, usually not extending beyond edges of punctures............................ 3
2. Head primarily yellow with large black area occupying vertex and part of frons; pronotum yellow with large triangular macula widest anteriorly and narrowing posteriorly (
Fig. 1
B); pronotum more than 0.6 times as long as wide with strongly curved sides; elytra about 3 times as long as pronotum; elytral punctation finer and sparser, and setae shorter.....
A. maculata
sp. n.
- Head dark brown or black; pronotum uniformly reddish-brown (
Fig. 1
F); pronotum about 0.5 times as long as wide with somewhat angulate sides; elytra more than 4 times as long as pronotum; elytral punctation coarser and denser and setae longer.........................................................................................
A. pubescens
sp. n.
3. Head, pronotum and ventral surfaces yellow; vestiture consisting of sparsely distributed, moderately long, erect, fine setae; elytra more than 1.6 times as long as wide; Miocene specimens in Dominican amber................................ 4
- Head and pronotum reddish-brown to black; vestiture consisting of minute setae usually not extending beyond edges of punctures; elytra less than 1.6 times as long as wide; extant species.................................................. 5
4. Pronotum more than 0.65 times as long as wide, its sides distinctly explanate with distinctly, coarsely crenulate edges; pronotal punctures unevenly distributed but usually separated by one or two diameters; length
3 mm
.................
A. iviei
sp. n.
- Pronotum less than 0.65 times as long as wide, its sides slightly explanate with weakly crenulate edges; pronotal punctures usually separated by more than two diameters;
2.7 mm
.............................................
A. alleni
sp. n.
5. Pronotal punctures with gradually sloping sides, appearing coarse and dense under oblique light source; pronotal interspaces very finely granulate or smooth and shiny; length less than
4 mm
................................................ 6
- Pronotal punctures with steep, abrupt sides, appearing fine and sparse under oblique light source; pronotal interspaces distinctly granulate with a dull sheen; length greater than
4 mm
................................................... 7
6. Length less than
3 mm
; elytra yellow; pronotum reddish-brown; with sides only weakly rounded (
Fig. 1
C);
Dominican Republic
......................................................................................
A. minuta
sp. n.
- Length greater than
3 mm
; elytra dark brown with sides and suture yellow; pronotum black and somewhat metallic with sides distinctly rounded (
Fig. 1
D);
Puerto Rico
........................................................
A. nitida
sp. n.
7. Head and pronotum black; pronotum with sides strongly rounded, somewhat angulate at middle and explanate with finely crenulate edges; elytra dark brown with yellow along sides (
Fig. 1
A); length more than
5 mm
;
Haiti
.....
A. darlingtoni
sp. n.
- Head black; pronotum reddish-brown with sides weakly rounded, not explanate with coarsely crenulate edges; elytra dark brown with yellow along suture and sides (
Fig. 1
E); length less than
5 mm
;
Puerto Rico
............
A. portoricensis
sp. n.