Reconsidering Pholeuon C. Hampe (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae), with the description of a new subgenus
Author
Moldovan, Oana Teodora
Author
Racoviţă, Gheorghe
Author
Dunay, Gejza
text
Zootaxa
2007
1449
31
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.176197
58504779-43c2-4ff3-aeb5-2e01b59e0dce
1175-5326
176197
Key to subgenera of
Pholeuon
(numbers represent average values for the two sexes; see also
Table 1
)
1 Median lobe of the aedeagus without dorsal invagination (
Fig. 8
a). Small body (length
3.6–3.8 mm
) and small pronotum (length/maximum width ratio
0.91–0.93 mm
); ellongated elytra........................................
........................................................................................................................
Protopholeuon
Jeannel, 1923
- Median lobe of the aedeagus with dorsal invagination
..................................
Pholeuon
C. Hampe 1856
... 2
2 Dorsal invagination of the median lobe present, more or less deep ........................................................... 3
- Dorsal invagination of the median lobe reduced in its median part (
Fig. 8
b); aedeagus small, but with relatively long basal and apical blades; apex of the parameres thin and slightly inflected. Body small (less than
3.5 mm
), with short antennae (less than
2.3 mm
); pronotum relatively large (length/maximum width ratio
0.93–0.95 mm
), very narrow anteriorly (anterior/maximum widths ratio
0.55–0.56 mm
); elytra covered by short and dense pubescence .............................................................................................................
...................................................
Pholeuon
(Mesopholeuon
Moldovan, Racoviţă & Dunay, new subgenus)
3 Median lobe with deeper dorsal invagination (
Figs. 8
, c-d); apex of parameres thin, inflected and Sshaped. Body robust (length more than
4.3 mm
); pronotum relatively large (length/maximum width ratio
0.94–0.98 mm
); elytra longer than
3.1 mm
, with rare and rough punctation at the apex
..
Pholeuon
(
s. str.
)
- Median lobe with less deep invagination (
Fig. 8
e); apex of parameres clubed and not inflected. Body smaller (less than
4.3 mm
); pronotum relatively small (length/maximum width ratio
0.86–0.89 mm
); elytra narrow (
1.75–1.77 mm
width) with uniform punctation; very long antennae ....................................
................................................................................................
Pholeuon
(
Parapholeuon
Ganglbauer, 1887
)