Australian Marsh Beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). 7. Genus Nothocyphon, new genus
Author
Zwick, Peter
text
Zootaxa
2015
3981
3
301
359
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3981.3.1
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1175-5326
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Key to males of the
lanceolatus
-group (the fragmentarily known sp. A not in key)
1 Trigonium flat, only fine denticles along edges (e.g.,
Figs. 33
,
51
)............................................... 2
1' Trigonium with raised ridges bearing large spines (e.g.,
Figs. 44, 47
)............................................. 6
2 Caudal tips of the parameres of the two body sides separate from each other, not connected (e.g.,
Figs. 37
,
51
)............ 3
2' Caudal tips of left and right parameres connected by a transverse spine-bearing sclerite (
Fig. 56
).......
N. denticulatus
n. sp.
3 Each paramere is a single continuous sclerite armed with teeth, each ends in a bare sclerotized knob or process (e.g.,
Figs. 32, 36
).................................................................................
N. lanceolatus
n. sp.
3’ Each paramere subdivided into a large membranous lobe and a toothed ventral sclerite (e.g.,
Figs. 48, 51
)............... 4
4 Trigonium with long parallel apex, a large eversible band of spines on the membranous part of paramere (
Figs. 50, 51
); elytra with dark curved band in anterior half (
Fig. 167
)...............................................
N. taeniatus
n. sp.
4' Apex of trigonium different, parameres without eversible spinule band, elytra brown................................ 5
5 Trigonium oval, regular serrations along outer edge of both parts of the parameres (
Fig. 48
)............
N. biserratus
n. sp.
5' Trigonium tongue-shaped, the parameral sclerite with very irregularly shaped large teeth, near base and distally on otherwise membranous lobe sclerotized processes with numerous spines along edge or at apex (
Fig. 49
)...........
N. nungatta
n. sp.
6 Trigonium narrow, the paramedian dentiferous ridges start some distance from tip (
Figs. 43, 44
).......
N. serratipenis
n. sp.
6' Trigonium wider, dentiferous edges beginning at tip, rising gradually, end declining abruptly (
Fig. 47
).
N. multidentatus
n. sp.