To the knowledge of Oriental species of subgenus Pseudochlaeniellus Jeannel, 1949 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Chlaenius) Author Anichtchenko, Alexander Author Kirschenhofer, Erich text Zootaxa 2017 4231 2 187 202 journal article 36580 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.2.3 7c293894-a2cd-49d0-9184-a9ed8a01eba0 1175-5326 291262 C3F35E32-A18A-450E-AF7A-DBAB343617C3 Key to oriental species of Pseudochlaeniellus Jeannel, 1949 1 Elytra with yellow lateral band or at least with small yellow apical spot......................................... 3 - Elytra without yellow pattern, pronotum strongly transverse, elytra short......................................... 2 2 Tooth of mentum simple.......................................................................... C. celer - Tooth of mentum bifid........................................................................ C. contractus 3 Lateral margins of pronotum metallic, not transparent......................................................... 5 - Lateral margins of pronotum yellow, translucent.............................................................4 4 Lateral yellow band of elytra wide, reaching 6th interestria............................................ C. iranensis - Lateral yellow band narrow, reaching 8th interestria................................................. C. sobrinus 5 Legs uniformly yellow.................................................................................6 - Femora darkened................................................................................ C. lucasi 6 Yellow lateral band of elytra complete.....................................................................7 - Yellow elytral pattern reduced to small apical spot.................................................. C. davidsoni 7 Lateral band of elytra clearly widened near apice........................................................... 8 - Lateral band of elytra of the same width from shoulders to apice. Apice of aedeagus pointed, with apical hook..................................................................................................... C. puncticollis 8 Body smaller, 7–8 mm ................................................................................ 9 - Large, 9–10 mm .......................................................................... C. lomsakensis 9 Species from continental part.......................................................................... 10 - Species from Java .......................................................................... C. neochloodes 10 Aedeagus robust, apice truncated................................................................. C. caesitius - Aedeagus normal, apice rounded............................................................... C. germanus