Revision of the genus Epexochus Reitter, with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae: Cleonini)
Author
Meregalli, Massimo
Author
Talamelli, Fabio
text
Zootaxa
2009
2011
47
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.274687
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1175-5326
274687
Key to the species of
Epexochus
1. Base of pronotum distinctly curved towards scutellum (Fig. 42); elytral scales very slender, lanceolate (
Fig. 37
); southern
Tajikistan
..........................................................................................................................
E. korotyaevi
sp. n.
– Base of pronotum nearly straight or weakly, very evenly arched (Fig. 18); elytral scales oval or oval-elliptical, aciculate (
Fig. 36
)............................................................................................................................................................... 2
2. All elytral intervals flat, also at base, elytra convex, sides broadened; apical lamella of aedeagus expanded, broadly rounded (Fig. 80); western
Mongolia
: Kobdo Aimak
...................................................................
E. mongolicus
sp. n.
– Elytral intervals 3, 5, 7 and 9 moderately but distinctly raised, at least at base; apical lamella of aedeagus short, acute or nearly so .................................................................................................................................................................. 3
3. Size>
15 mm
; elytra convex, odd intervals only raised at base; elytral setae stiff, of variable length, sometimes relatively long but never longer than an interval width; apical lamella of aedeagus subacute (
Figs. 32–35
);
Kazakhstan
,
China
(Xinjiang) ....................................................................................................................
E. lehmanni
(Ménétries)
– Size <
15 mm
; elytra flat, odd intervals slightly convex up to declivity; elytral setae long, hair-like, flexible; apical lamella of aedeagus shortly acute (Fig. 63);
Uzbekistan
.....................................................................
E. voriseki
sp. n.