The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement
Author
Lawrence, John F.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-02-15
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4
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journal article
28541
10.11646/zootaxa.4555.4.1
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Key to the Australian Species of
Paratrichapus
Scott
(modified from
Souza-Gonçalves
et al.,
2018
)
1. Metatibia with fewer than 10 spines; pronotum much darker in colour than reddish elytra with somewhat finer and slightly sparser punctation; interspaces smooth and shiny, those on pronotum with a metallic sheen;
Christmas Island
................................................................................. ..
P. christmasensis
Souza-Gonçalves
et al.
- Metatibia with more than 10 spines; pronotum, IF with metallic sheen, THEN not darker than elytra.................... 2
2(1). Elytral punctation very coarse and dense; pronotal punctation much finer and sparser, and interspaces with distinct metallic sheen; northern QLD....................................................
P. metallonotum
Souza-Gonçalves
et al.
- Elytral punctation finer and sparser; pronotum without metallic sheen............................................ 3
3(2). Posteriormost portion of elytra with dense vestiture of erect, stout setae; length at least 2.00 mm; central coastal NSW...............................................................................
P. burwelli
Souza-Gonçalves
et al.
- Posteriormost portion of elytra with sparse vestiture of slender setae; length always less than 2.00 mm.................. 4
4(3). Metatibia four times as long as wide; pronotal punctation distinctly finer and somewhat sparser than elytral punctation;
Tasmania
and
Victoria
to southern QLD...................................
P. australis
Souza-Gonçalves
et al.
(
Fig. 45–46
)
- Metatibia three times as long as wide; pronotal punctation about as coarse and dense as elytral punctation; Lord Howe Island.........................................................................
P. peckorum
Souza-Gonçalves
et al.