A review of the family Oedemeridae (Coleoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago
Author
Švihla, Vladimír
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2012
2012-12-17
52
337
346
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5339158
0374-1036
5339158
Key to the Socotran species of the
Oedemeridae
1. Both mandibles and claws simple. .................................................................................. 2
– Either both mandibles bifid apically or right mandibles with subapical tooth; claws dentate basally. ............................................................................................................................. 3
2. Parameres with ventrobasal tooth, pygidium rounded apically in both sexes, coloration as in
Figs. 1–2
.
Socotra
. .......................
Colobostomoides marshalli socotraensis
ssp. nov.
– Parameres without ventrobasal tooth; pygidium narrowly incised apically in both sexes; for habitus and coloration as in
ŠVIHLA (2008b)
.
Socotra
,
UAE
, S
Pakistan
. ..................... ..............................................................
Probosca
(
Proboxanth
a)
maindroni
(
Pic, 1935
)
3. Both mandibles bifid apically; basal teeth of claws reaching at least their midlength; pygidium triangularly emarginate in both sexes; parameres glabrous; habitus and coloration as in
Figs. 6–8
.
Socotra
. ...................................................
Anisochrodes janavlada
sp. nov.
– Left mandibles simple, right one with subapical tooth; basal teeth of claws not reaching their midlength; pygidium rounded in both sexes; parameres pubescent. ...................... 4
4. Head and vertex unicolor; aedeagus with apical tooth; habitus and coloration as in
Fig. 5
.
Socotra
, Abd al Kuri. ..........................................
Dentostomus guichardi
(
Švihla, 1987
)
– Head with darker spot on vertex; pronotum infuscate medio-longitudinally and laterally; aedeagus without apical tooth; habitus and coloration as in
Figs. 3–4
.
Socotra
, Darsah, Abd al Kuri. ......................................................
Dentostomus socotrensis
(
Švihla, 1986
)