Revision of Thisiomorphus Pic (Coleoptera: Mycteridae: Eurypinae) with descriptions of eleven new species from Central and South America and a key to genera of Neotropical Eurypinae
Author
Pollock, Darren A.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4093
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301
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4093.3.1
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Key to adults of described Neotropical (including Chile) genera of
Eurypinae
1 Head with distinct, shallowly impressed ocular grooves, narrowly separated from eyes, traceable from frontal canthus to poste- rior extent of eye...................................................................................... 2
- Head without such an ocular groove....................................................................... 3
2 Procoxal cavities closed; dorsal surface without conspicuous setae; elytral shape generally conical, widest posteriorly (
Fig. 21
).....................................................................
Stilpnonotus
Gray
(7 described species)
- Procoxal cavities narrowly open; dorsal surface with conspicuous setae (although short in some species); elytral shape gener- ally parallel-sided (
Fig. 22
)........................................
Conomorphus
Champion
(10 described species)
3 Eye with conspicuous intrafacetal setae (e.g.,
Fig. 32
)......................................................... 4
- Eye either without intrafacetal setae, or setae so short they are not noticeable using standard light microscopy, definitely not conspicuous.......................................................................................... 8
4. Head with distinct, deep frontal furrows (e.g.,
Figs 32–33
)..................................................... 5
- Head without deep frontal furrows........................................................................ 7
5 Mandibles bluntly unidentate apically; eyes small, widely separated (ocular index> 60); antennomeres elongate, filiform to subserrate; dorsal body surface with light and dark setae, producing a mottled appearance (
Fig. 23
)...........................................................................................
Loboglossa
Solier
(6 described species)1
- Mandibles bidentate apically; eyes larger, more narrowly separated (ocular index <60); antennomeres variable; dorsal body surface either uniform in color, or with longitudinally oriented color pattern, not mottled............................ 6
6 Penultimate tarsomere very wide, wider than length of distal tarsomere (
Fig. 32
); frontal furrows relatively straight, subparallel; ommatidia coarse..............................................
Eurypus
Kirby
(6 described species) (
Fig. 24
)
- Penultimate tarsomere wide, but width less than length of distal tarsomere; frontal furrows somewhat arcuate, distinctly convergent anteriorly (
Fig. 33
); ommatidia fine......................
Cladobradus
Pic (1 species:
C
.
atritarsis
Pic
) (
Fig. 25
)
7 Male
sex patch consisting of setae on both ventrites 2 and 3; wing rudimentary, not extended to elytral apex................................................................
Conomorphinus
Champion
(1 species:
C
.
bolivianus
Champion
)
- Male sex patch restricted to
V2
; wing fully developed, extended to elytral apex.................................... 8
8 Male
sex patch consisting of distinctly raised, rounded “platform” with either no setae, or setae short and dense; known only from Chile.............................................
Batobius
Fairmaire & Germain
(4 described spp.) (
Fig. 27
)
- Male sex patch consisting of relatively long setae, borne on raised medial section of ventrite 2; Known only from Brazil.............................
Brasilaccoderus
Pollock
(2 species:
B
.
scaber
(Champion)
and
B
.
plaumanni
Pollock
) (
Fig. 26
)
9 Head distinctly rounded; eyes large, width across eyes equal to or greater than width of pronotum; pronotum with lateral carina present, at least in basal half; male sex patch on
V3.
......................................................... 10
- Head not distinctly rounded; eyes usually smaller, width across eyes less than or equal to width of pronotum; pronotum with lateral carina absent, or at most vaguely suggested only, in basal half; male sex patch on
V2.
........................ 11
10 TL of most specimens>
3.5 mm
; apical maxillary palpomere cultriform; apical labial palpomere ovate with truncate apex...........................................
Cleodaeus
Champion
(1 described species:
C
.
rugiceps
Champion
) (
Fig. 30
)
- TL of most specimens <
3.5 mm
; apical maxillary palpomere securiform; apical labial palpomere narrowed distally, pyriform...........................................................
Physcius
Champion
(22 described species) (
Fig. 31
)
11 Eyes flat and not protuberant, facets coarse, width of single eye about half length; frontal furrows absent; male sex patch absent........................................................
Thisias
Champion
(5 described species) (
Fig. 28
)
- Eyes more protuberant, facets fine, width of single eye distinctly greater than half length; frontal furrows at least suggested, often rather deep; male sex patch present, on ventrite 2....................................................... 12
12 Head with frons slightly to distinctly sunken about level of antennal insertions; pronotal disc with pair of distinct, rounded depressions...................................................
Physiomorphus
Pic
(8 described species) (
Fig. 29
)
- Head with frons flat, not sunken; pronotal disc uniformly convex, without pair of distinct, rounded depressions (in some specimens – notably
T
.
brasiliensis
– with slight indentations, but not distinct, rounded depressions)....................................................................................................
Thisiomorphus
Pic
(
Figs 1–12
)