A taxonomic revision of the myrmecophilous genus Lomechusoides Tottenham, 1939 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) Part I. Redescription of the genus, definition of species groups and the revision of the amurensis Wasmann 1897 species group
Author
Jászay, Tomáš
Author
Hlaváč, Peter
text
Zootaxa
2013
3683
1
65
81
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3683.1.4
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1175-5326
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Key to the species of the
amurensis
species group
1 Head long, widest just before posterior margin, temples much longer than eyes, eyes small, 0.22 of length of head....................................................................................................
L. schneideri
- Head shorter, widest accross eyes, temples longer than eyes, eyes larger, at least 0.30 of length of head.................. 2
2 Pronotum in posterior corners narrower than elytra, elytra coarsely and densely punctured....................
L. kozlovi
- Pronotum in posterior corners as wide than elytra, elytra finely and sparsely punctured............................... 3
3 Antenomere II as long as wide, apical part of spermatheca long (
Fig. 25
), about as wide as basal part, 2.5–3.0 times as long as wide......................................................................................
L. amurensis
- Antenomere II wider than long, apical part of spermatheca short (
Fig. 33
), about 1.5 times as wide as basal part, about 2.0 times as long as wide.........................................................................
L. suensoni