Two new species of Psephenops Grouvelle (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea: Psephenidae) from Panama
Author
Novelo-Gutiérrez, Rodolfo
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-09-20
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4323.1.8
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Key to adult males of
Psephenops
from Mesoamerica
(Modified from Arce-
Pérez & Novelo-Gutiérrez 2013
)
1 Pronotum with 3 small tuberculiform prominences; elytra with several longitudinal ridges on disc...............
grouvellei
- Pronotum without tuberculiform prominences, elytra without longitudinal ridges on disc............................. 2
2 Protibiae with a denticle................................................................................ 3
- Protibiae without a denticle........................................................................
prestone
3 Tarsal lobes enlarged (
Fig. 17
)........................................................................... 4
- Tarsal lobes short (
Fig. 18
)............................................................................. 5
4 Basal half of parameres, in dorsal view, separated by a deep cleft (
Fig. 5
)......................................... 7
- Basal half of parameres, in dorsal view, fused (
Fig. 13
)........................................................ 9
5 Parameres truncated (
Fig. 19
); 4th maxillary palpomere at least twice as long as preceding palpomeres.............. s
mithi
- Parameres not truncated; 4th maxillary palpomere not as above.................................................. 6
6 Parameres strongly convergent on apical third, medial margin of each paramere separate each other by a narrow, drop-like cleft (
Fig. 20
).........................................................................................
lupita
- Parameres more or less parallel on apical third, medial margin of each paramere separate each other by a wide, U-shaped cleft (
Fig. 21
).......................................................................................
shepardi
7 Apices of parameres, in dorsal view, spine-like, widely divergent (
Fig. 22
)..............................
spiniparameri
- Apices of parameres, in dorsal view, convergent, not spine-like (
Figs 20, 21
)...................................... 8
8 Prosternal process flat, with apex lanceolate. Penis with a small, lateral tooth (
Fig. 23
).......................
mexicanus
- Prosternal process subcylindrical, with apex bifid. Penis lacking lateral projections (
Fig. 5
)......................
bifidus
9 Small individuals, length less than
2.4 mm
, antennae moniliform-serrate, parameres truncate, with apex straight (
Fig. 24
)..............................................................................................
panamaensis
- Large individuals, length greater than
2.5 mm
, antennae not serrate, parameres not truncate.......................... 10
10 Antennae long, filiform; fore- and middle legs with segments 1 and 2 lobulate, hind legs only with segment 1 lobulate (Haiti).............................................................................................
haitianus
- Antennae short, moniliform; all legs with segments 1 and 2 lobulate............................................ 11
11 Elytra slightly striate. Parameres, in dorsal view abruptly widened on apical fifth, with apex rounded; penis digitiform and y slightly produced apically (
Fig. 25
)..............................................................
maculicollis
- Elytra smooth. Parameres, in dorsal view, uniformly widened, apex subtriangular; penis digitiform, not produced apically, with a basal, lateral, subtriangular projection to each side (
Fig. 13
)..........................................
triangularis