New species of Triplonychus Candèze and Globothorax Fleutiaux from Brazil (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Cardiophorinae) Author Rosa, Simone Policena text Zootaxa 2011 2831 1 22 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.277308 61dd45a6-918a-4b12-8157-6090f7514613 1175-5326 277308 Key to Brazilian species of Globothorax and Triplonychus 1. Prothorax with lateral sides strongly rounded ( Fig. 54 ), mandibles with lateroventral margin curved 90o to apex ( Fig. 76 )................................................................................ 2 Globothorax Fleutiaux, 1891 - Prothorax with lateral sides subparallel to rounded ( Figs. 3 , 21 ), mandibles with lateroventral margin gradually ( Fig. 74 ) or abruptly ( Fig. 75 ) curved to apex................................................. 3 Triplonychus Candèze, 1860 2. Frontal carina present and produced, labrum semielliptical, posterior leg with trochanter convex, tibia slightly widened apicad with long and fine spiniform setae ( Fig. 105–107 )..................................... G. chevrolati Fleutiaux, 1891 - Frontal carina absent, labrum trapezoidal with apex acute, posterior leg with trochanter and femur strongly convex, tibia wide with short and stout spiniform setae ( Fig. 88 ) (MT) ( Figs. 50 , 76 , 104 )............................ G. latidens sp. nov. 3 (1). Prothorax longer than wide............................................................................. 4 - Prothorax as wide as or wider than long.................................................................. 6 4 (3). Frontal carina strongly produced, mandibles tridentate........................................................ 5 - Frontal carina not produced, mandibles unidentate (MS) ( Figs. 35 , 75 , 103 )....................... T. tibialatus sp. nov. 5 (4). Pronotum with double punctation......................................................................... 7 - Pronotum with single punctation (PA, BA)......................................... T. ephipiger Eschscholtz, 1829 6 (3). Pronotum with double punctation....................................................................... 10 - Pronotum with single punctation......................................................................... 11 7 (5). Pronotum dark brown to black with a pair of longitudinal orange stripes (AM, PA, MT)........ T. plagiatus Erichson, 1846 - Prothorax brown to black without orange stripes............................................................ 8 8 (7). Elytra evenly brown or brown with anterior margin reddish-brown.............................................. 9 - Elytra brown with lateral and sutural edges dark brown to black (PA)....................... T. ventralis Candèze, 1860 9 (8). Elytra brown with humeral margin reddish-brown, interstices 3, 5, and 7 carinate at apex, legs yellowish with apex of femur, dorsal margin of tibiae and tarsi darker (BA, PE)...................................... T. longicollis Erichson, 1840 - Elytra evenly colored, interstices 3, 5, 7 not carinate, legs evenly yellowish (PA)................. T. fulvus Candèze, 1865 10 (6). Mandibles unidentate, meso- and metatibiae tibiae broadened, metafemur convex (MS) ( Figs. 35 , 75 , 84, 85 , 103 ).............................................................................................. T. tibialatus sp. nov. - Mandibles tridentate, legs slender (PA)................................................... T. rufus Candèze, 1860 11 (6). Mandibles small, legs slender......................................................................... 12 - Mandibles large, metafemur broadened and convex, tibiae widened apicad (MA) ( Figs. 20 , 82 , 102 ). T. crassifemoris sp. nov. 12 (11). Antenna reaching hind angles of prothorax, elytral interstices 3, 5 and 7 carinate at apex (PA).... T. costatus Candèze, 1860 - Antenna surpassing the hind angles of prothorax by two or three antennomeres, elytral interstices 3, 5 and 7 not carinate at apex (AM) ( Figs. 101 )................................................................ T. cruspinosus sp. nov.