Medusapyga LaBonte and Maddison, a New Genus of Anillini (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae) from the Pacific Northwest of the United States
Author
LaBonte, James R.
1570 Kenard Street NW, Salem, OR 97304, USA.
Author
Maddison, David R.
Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
text
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences
2023
2023-02-15
67
18
401
432
journal article
299337
10.5281/zenodo.11067222
1cb742f7-205f-4cc5-9136-b613d5ab059d
0068-547X
11067222
Key to species of
Medusapyga
LaBonte and Maddison
Head with a declivous medial frontoclypeal prominence (
Figs 1A
,
7A
); pronotum with sharp rectangular or acute hind angles (
Fig. 8A
); mesotrochanter with large, blunt, triangular tooth protruding from posterior margin (
Fig. 13A
); male visible abdominal ventrite 2 without medial preapical keel; aedeagus as in
Figs. 11A, B
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Medusapyga alsea
LaBonte
Head with the frontoclypeal region gradually and shallowly convex (
Figs 1B
,
7B
); pronotum with rounded hind angles (
Fig. 8B
); posterior margin of mesotrochanter more-or-less evenly arcuate (
Fig. 13B
); male visible abdominal ventrite 2 with a medial preapical keel which is sharply pointed and declivous at the posterior (
Fig. 14
); aedeagus as in
Figs. 11C, D
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Medusapyga chehalis
LaBonte