A new species of Allecula (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) from cork oak stands of Italy
Author
Novák, Vladimír
Author
Jansson, Nicklas
Author
Chiari, Stefano
Author
Zauli, Agnese
Author
Audisio, Paolo
Author
Carpaneto, Giuseppe M.
text
Zootaxa
2012
3483
29
38
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.210852
545d041e-7b58-4b1d-9735-bcaec7ba21de
1175-5326
210852
FAB90656-A0E0-484B-968E-C793732F4EAE
Key to males of European species of
Allecula
Fabricius, 1801
1 Antennomere 4 1.6–2.6 times as long as antennomere 3....................................................... 2
- Antennomere 4 only 0.8–1.2 times as long as antennomere 3................................................... 6
2 Antennomere 4 less than twice as long as antennomere 3...................................................... 3
- Antennomere 4 more than twice as long as antennomere 3..................................................... 4
3 Elytra dark brown, pronotum narrow (PI about 75). Europe...............................
A. morio
(
Fabricius, 1787
)
- Elytra ochre yellow, pronotum broad (PI about 60).
Italy
.......................................
A. suberina
sp. nov.
4 Antennomere 4 distinctly longer than twice as long as antennomere 3, space between eyes narrower (OI about 30)......... 5
- Antennomere 4 slightly longer than twice as long as antennomere 3, space between eyes broader (OI about 35). Europe.......................................................................................
A. rhenana
Bach, 1856
5 Elytra brown, antennae, tibiae, tarsi reddish-brown, elytral interspaces distinctly convex, pronotum broader (PI about 60) with fine microgranulation, rather dull.
Turkey
................................................
A. turcica
Novák, 2011
- Elytra ochre yellow, antennae, tibiae, tarsi black, elytral interspaces flatter, pronotum narrower (PI about 70), microgranulation indistinct, shiny.
Turkey
.............................................................
A. janssoni
Novák, 2011
6 Antennomere 3 slightly shorter than antennomere 4.........................................
A. divisa
Reitter, 1883
- Antennomere 3 as long as or distinctly longer than antennomere 4.............................................. 7
7 Antennomere 3 distinctly longer than antennomere 4, antennomeres 5–10 narrower and shorter than antennomere 4, ultimate palpomere strongly dilated....................................................
A. oronthea
Baudi
di
Selve, 1881
- Antennomere 3 as long as antennomere 4, antennomeres 5–10 distinctly longer than antennomere 4, ultimate palpomere only slightly dilated.....................................................................
A. estriata
Seidlitz, 1896