Description of the male of the rare Madagascan species Pseudorphnus hiboni with notes on the genus Pseudorphnus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae)
Author
Frolov, Andrey V.
Author
Montreuil, Olivier
text
Zootaxa
2006
1154
27
33
journal article
50603
10.5281/zenodo.273408
750a345c-e142-46cf-a646-15553d60859c
11755326
273408
Key to
Pseudorphnus
species
1. Elytra without distinct striae, punctuate on disc; elytral intervals almost flat; parameres with acute apices (in lateral view, Fig. 5)
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P. olsoufieffi
Elytra with distinct striae, punctuate or impunctate on disc; elytral intervals convex or flat; parameres of different shape ................................................................................. 2
2. Elytra with densely punctuate striae (Fig. 1, 4); elytral intervals somewhat convex; protibial horns of male directed upward and forward; apices of parameres fingershaped (Fig. 3, 7); larger (
11–13 mm
)
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P. hiboni
Elytra almost impunctate on disc, with striae visible as slightly elevated lines; elytral intervals almost flat; protibial horns of male wider and directed upward; apices of parameres hookshaped (in lateral view, Fig. 6); smaller (
6.5–8.5 mm
)
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P. coquereli