Revision of the genus Exochomoscirtes Pic (Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Scirtinae) 2598
Author
Ruta, Rafał
Author
Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-08-31
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2598.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2598.1.1
11755334
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Key to genera related to
Scirtes
based on the adults
1 Hind coxae touching one another along full length of median line .............................................................................. 3
- Hind coxae separated or touching each other only in basal portion, diverging posteriorly.......................................... 2
2 Elytra rugose, with distinct sculpture, aedeagus short and broad, symmetrical, body oval, distributed in the Oriental Region
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Curtoscirtes
Pic
- Elytra smooth, without sculpture, aedeagus asymmetrical, body oval and flattened or obong oval, pantropical .........................................................................................................................................................................
Ora
Clark
3 Elytra with longitudinal striae and large transverse excitator in posterior portion of elytra, a single afrotropical species of uncertain relationships (males unknown)
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Sulcatoscirtes
Pic
- Elytra sometimes with longitudinal striae, but never with a large excitator in posterior portion of elytra................... 4
4 Maxillary palpi widened (especially in females), tegmen trifid, penis small, with oval or pear-shaped pala and filiform parameroids, prehensor tubular
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Exochomoscirtes
Pic
- Maxillary palpi not widened, morphology of male and female genitalia not as above ..................................................
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Scirtes
Illiger
(an artificial taxon grouping over 350 species of uncertain relationships)