A review of the Subtribe Lebiina Bonelli (Lebiini, Carabidae, Coleoptera) from Southwest of Saudi Arabia
Author
Rasool, Iftekhar
Author
Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S.
Author
Felix, Ron F. F. L.
Author
Aldhafer, Hathal M.
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-02-13
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Key to species of
Lebiina
in Saudi Arabia
1. Mentum with single median tooth (
Fig. 2, 3, 4
); intervals of elytra not elevated; external epical angles of elytra round; inner side of mesotibiae with preapical notch or crenulated in males; small to medium sized body, ranging from
3.90–9.30 mm
.................................................................................................
Lebia
…2
- Mentum with short and obtuse bifid tooth (
Fig. 1
); intervals of elytra elevated with fine punctures, elytra slightly pointed at apical external angles; inner side of mesotibiae not notched or crenulated; large sized body ranging from
12–14 mm
(
Fig. 29
).......................................................................
Matabele
(
M. arabica
Matue, 1986
)
2. Mentum without epilobes (
Fig. 3
); pronotum base truncated medially (
Figs. 34, 35
); inner end of mesotibiae with one preapical notch in males (
Fig. 12
); Head and pronotum testaceous to rufo-testaceous; pronotum shining and smooth, with suppressed microsculptures, shallow wrinkles and very fine punctuation (
Fig. 35
).....................
L. nilotica
Chaudoir, 1871
- Mentum with epilobes (
Fig. 4
); pronotum base with rounded lobe medially (
Fig. 31, 32
); inner end of mesotibiae crenulated or with one or two preapical notches in males (
Fig. 11, 12, 13
), (male of
L
. spec. not known); colour and microsculpture on head and pronotum different.................................................................................. 3
3. Small species, from
3.90 – 6.25 mm
...................................................................... 4
- Large species, from 7.00 –
9.30 mm
...................................................................... 5
4. Tarsomere IV in fore and mid legs strongly bilobed (
Fig. 7
); labrum rounded anteriorly, head testaceous, finely and sparsely punctate, vertex without furrow (
Fig. 5
); inner end of mesotibiae with two preapical notches in males (
Fig. 13
).......................................................................................
L. melanacra
(
Chaudoir, 1878
)
- Tarsomere IV in fore and mid legs not bilobed (
Fig. 8
); labrum truncate anteriorly, head black with longitudinal furrows on vertex, coarsely and densely punctate (
Fig. 6
); inner end of mesotibiae with one preapical notch in males (
Fig. 12
).......................................................................................
L. melanura
(
Dejean, 1831
)
5. Tarsomere IV in fore and mid legs strongly bilobed (
Fig. 9
); pronotum rounded at anterior angles then straight posteriorly (
Fig. 36
); sterna with isodiametric mesh pattern; apical margin of last sternum rounded and tetra-setose in females.......
L.
spec.
- Tarsomere IV in fore and mid legs not bilobed (
Figs. 10
); pronotum not as rounded as above (
Figs. 30, 33
); sterna provided with microlines or transverse mesh pattern; apical margin of last sternum rounded and bi-setose in females..............6
6. Labrum shorter than clypeus (
Fig. 14
), slightly concave, truncate anteriorly; apical edge of elytra serrate (
Fig. 16
); in lateral view, aedeagus is straight in the middle, both dorsally and ventrally, broadened and thick in the middle, then suddenly gets thinner towards the base, base thinner than middle (
Fig. 38
).............................
L. auberti
(
Fairmaire, 1892
)
- Labrum as long as clypeus (
Fig. 15
), slightly convex anteriorly; apical edge of elytra smooth (
Fig. 17
); aedeagus is curved dorsally and ventrally, gradually growing thinner towards the base, more or less as wide as middle (
Fig. 41
)....
L. raeesae
sp. n