Illustrated overview and identification key to Cameroonian Ceratocanthinae beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae) with description of four new species
Author
Ballerio, Alberto
Author
Gill, Bruce D.
Author
Grebennikov, Vasily V.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2892
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journal article
46828
10.5281/zenodo.277641
e945637f-1e4a-433e-b949-8647c3fb20ee
1175-5326
277641
Key to the described species of Cameroonian
Ceratocanthinae
1 Protibiae broadly arcuate, outer margins at most finely serrate with weak tooth apically, no distinct teeth visible.......... 2
- Protibiae straight, with one or more distinct teeth on outer margin............................................... 9
2 Head with strong, large, dorsal trichome...................................
Callophilharmostes fleutiauxi
(Paulian)
- Head without strong, large, dorsal trichome, rarely with short setae............................................... 3
3 Genal canthus indistinct, no dorsal ocular area; small, flightless species (genus
Baloghianestes
)...................... 4
- Genal canthus distinct with dorsal ocular area; winged species.................................................. 7
4 Pseudoepipleura delimited by sharp carina, which is sometimes interrupted at middle; with pseudoepipleura abruptly folded inwards............................................................................................ 5
- Pseudoepipleura not delimited by sharp carina or, at most, by a hint of a sharp carina present near humeral area; with pseu- doepipleura almost indistinct............................................................................ 6
5 Elytral humeral area with a distinct, tubercle-like process (
Fig. 4
).................
Baloghianestes oribatidiformis
n. sp.
- Elytral humeral area without tubercle or tubercle-like process (
Fig. 6
)..................
Baloghianestes korupensis
n. sp.
6 Head with vertex having irregular raised longitudinal process. Setae clavate (
Fig. 5
).......
Baloghianestes lissoubai
Paulian
- Head without raised, longitudinal process. Setae simple (
Fig. 3
)..........................
Baloghianestes anceps
n. sp.
7 Dorsal surface of elytra and pronotum with several distinct tubercles (
Fig. 8
)........
Carinophilharmostes vadoni
(Paulian)
- Dorsal surface of elytra and pronotum lacking carinae or tubercles.............................................. 8
8 Dorsal surface covered by short, thick setae (
Fig. 18
)............................
Petrovitzostes guineensis
(Petrovitz)
- Dorsal surface lacking setation (low magnification:
20X
)............................
Philharmostes badius
(Petrovitz)
9 Length greater than
8 mm
; genal canthus not reaching occipital area (
Figs. 9–11
).........
Congomostes hintelmanni
n. sp.
- Length less than
8 mm
; genal canthus reaching occipital area................................................. 10
10 Pseudoepipleura delimited at least partly by cariniform process................................................ 12
- Pseudoepipleura not delimited by cariniform process........................................................ 11
11 Elytra with irregular rows of small, shallow, comma-shaped punctures arranged transversely, basally and longitudinally along median and distal third (
Fig. 16
).......................................
Pseudopterorthochaetes endroedyi
(Paulian)
- Elytra with large, horseshoe-shaped, shallow, transverse punctures (
Fig. 15
).........
Melanophilharmostes demirei
Paulian
12 Surface of elytra and pronotum with fine, dense, simple punctures between fine, horseshoe-shaped punctures (
Fig. 17
)............................................................................
Melanophilharmostes zicsii
(Paulian)
- Surface of elytra and pronotum smooth between large, shallow, ocellate punctures..
Melanophilharmostes burgeoni
(Paulian)