A contribution to the knowledge of the subfamily Panagaeinae Hope, 1838 from Africa. Part 1. Revision of the Craspedophorus reflexus group (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Author
Häckel, Martin
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Zootaxa
2016
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Key to Afrotropical genera of the tribe
Panagaeini Bonelli, 1810
(modified from
Chaudoir 1879
: 85 and
Basilewsky 1953
: 164, 1956: 84, 1967a: 318, 1967b: 139)
1 Body glabrous or nearly so, more or less smooth. Base of aedeagus forms a closed bulb, basal hiatus shifted toward inner side. Larger species,
18–55 mm
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Tefflus
Leach, 1819
- Body densely covered by straight setae, dorsum strongly punctured. Base of aedeagus opens between two weakly lamellate lobes, basal hiatus shifted toward dorsal margin. Smaller species,
8–30 mm
....................................... 2
2 Paraglossae surpassing glossa, ligula shorter, more slender; elytra black, without metallic lustre, unicolorous or each with one or more yellowish-red maculae........................................................................... 3
- Paraglossae not surpassing glossa, ligula longer. Unicolorous, small to medium-size species, mostly with metallic lustre, with- out any elytral maculae. Length
8–13.5 mm
................................................................. 8
3 Protarsi equal in both sexes.............................................................................. 4
- Protarsi in males differ from those in females.............................................................. 6
4 Mental process narrow, quite elongated. Pronotum longer than wide, hexagonal. Elytra strongly convex, each elytron with at least five yellowish or brick-colored pustules.............................................
Psecadius
Alluaud, 1911
- Mental process wide and truncate. Pronotum wider, differently shaped............................................ 5
5 Penultimate protarsomere beleved as the other protarsomeres............................
Craspedophorus
Hope, 1838
- Bevel of penultimate protarsomere exceeds half of protarsomere length.........................
Dischissus
Bates, 1873
6 Protarsi in males slightly wider than in females, all tarsomeres without ventral brushes of setae.......................................................................................................
Microcosmodes
Strand, 1936
- Protarsi in males markedly wider than in females, some tarsomeres with ventral brushes of setae...................... 7
7 Second to fourth male protarsomeres very dilated, with ventral brushes of setae. Labrum excavated anteriorly, antennae shorter