Phylogenetic systematics of the genera Plochionocerus Dejean and Agrodes Nordmann (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Xantholinini)
Author
Asiain, Julieta
Author
Márquez, Juan
Author
Morrone, Juan J.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1584
1
53
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.178410
ba2b7965-13f3-401f-9c5a-1705938112ea
1175-5326
178410
Key to
Plochionocerus
and related genera
1. Head with lateroventral furrows (
Fig. 15
), ventral surface with expanded, umbilicate punctures (
Figs. 50, 51, 53
; except
P. hermani
,
Fig. 52
); elytral hind margin with depression or notch (
Fig. 59
) ..............
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Plochionocerus
1’. Head without lateroventral furrows (
Figs. 10, 16
), ventral surface lacking expanded, umbilicate punctures, (
Figs. 48
,
67
); elytral hind margin without depression or notch (
Fig. 58
) ..................................... 2
2(1’). Head more than 1.5 times as long as wide (1.54–2.00 times;
Fig. 3
), with lateral margins convex (
Fig. 10
); fore margin of labrum with two pairs of small, lateral teeth and one pair of central, larger teeth (
Fig. 37
); apical palpomere of labium elongate (
Fig. 42
); prosternum slightly oblong (length/width ratio 1.04–1.20;
Fig. 67
)
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Agrodes
2’. Head 1.5 times or less as long as wide (
Fig. 4
), lateral margins with a flat or depressed area delimited by two carinae (
Fig. 16
); fore margin of labrum with two pairs of lobes or teeth of variable length (
Fig. 33
); apical palpomere of labium slightly widened toward apex (
Fig. 41
); prosternum transverse (length/ width ratio 0.65–0.88)
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Renda