Male identification, generic classification and sexual dimorphism of Micronychus pardus (Kazantsev, 2018) comb. nov. (Coleoptera: Lycidae: Calochrominae)
Author
Motyka, Michal
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-16
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Tribe:
CALOCHROMINI Lacordaire, 1857
Type
genus:
Calochromus
Guérin-Méneville, 1833
.
Micronychus
Motschulsky, 1861
Type
species.
Micronychus bimaculatus
Motschulsky, 1861
(by monotypy).
Diagnosis.
All
Micronychus
species can be distinguished from other calochromine genera by the sclerotized rodshaped internal sac (
Figs 4, 5
) and a relatively long antennomere 3 compared to
Parantis
Motyka
et al
. 2017
species (
Fig. 3
). Most
Micronychus
have a characteristic shape of the pronotum (compare
Figs 7 and 8
;
Motyka
et al
. 2018
).