Five new species of Telegeusis Horn, 1895 (Coleoptera: Telegeusidae) from Mexico, with a key to the species Author Zaragoza-Caballero, Santiago Author Rodríguez-Velez, Beatriz text Zootaxa 2011 2917 59 68 journal article 46659 10.5281/zenodo.201934 32c01912-0dc5-4722-add7-6b4179adc7ed 1175-5326 201934 Key to species of Telegeusis 1 Body yellow-amber, elytra short, not extending past first sternite; palpi not longer than antennae..................... 2 - Body black to brownish-red or yellow; elytra long, extending past first two sternites, five times as long as wide; palpi longer than antennae....................................................................................... 10 2 Elytra shorter, not surpassing apex of hind coxae............................................................. 3 - Elytra surpassing apex of hind coxae, nearly four times as long as wide........................................... 9 3 Elytra not reaching hind coxae, almost as long as wide; body yellow; palpi, apex of elytra and pronotal margin whitish........................................................................................... T . schwarzi Barber - Elytra reaching apex of hind coxae, almost three times as long as wide........................................... 4 4 Body length 3.5 to 4.5, black or brown..................................................................... 5 - Body length 5 to 6.5, amber or yellow..................................................................... 6 5 Body length 4.5, black; occipital region, genae, gula, labrum and pronotum orange........... T. texensis Fleenor and Taber - Body length 3.5, brown-dark; pronotum yellow, basal part of the legs yellow............ T. panamensis Allen and Huntton 6 Last maxillary and labial palpomeres longer than antennae, body length 3.28 to 8.................................. 7 - Last maxillary and labial palpomeres not longer than antennae, body length 3.28 to nearly 6......................... 8 7 Body yellow, length 7 to 8; last maxillary and labial palpomeres yellow............................. T. nunifer Martin - Body amber, length 3.28 to 4.6; last maxillary and labial palpomeres black........................... T . austellus sp. n. 8 Maxillary and labial palpi brown, as long as antennae, body length 4.76 to 5.96................... T . sonorensis sp. nov. - Maxillary and labial palpi black, shorter than antenna, body length 3.88 to 4.52........................ T . boreios sp. n. 9 Eyes small; frons wide; maxillary and labial palpi brown, longer than antennae ( Fig. 9 )................. T . glessum sp. n. - Eyes prominent; frons narrow; maxillary and labial palpi black or brown, slightly shorter than antennae ( Fig. 1 )............................................................................................ T . chamelensis Zaragoza 10 Body yellow; elytra narrowed in apical half; head nearly twice as long as pronotum.................... T . debilis Horn - Body black to brown dark; elytra subparallel; head as long as pronotum......................................... 11 11 Integument of head chagrined, bright, partially dotted; body black or brown dark, length 4.96 to 6.16....................................................................................................... T . orientalis Zaragoza - Head flat, rough, coarsely punctuate ( Fig. 10 ); body length 5.78.................................. T. granulatus sp. n.