Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (“ Latin America ”: Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America)
Author
Peck, Stewart B.
Author
Gnaspini, Pedro
Author
Newton, Alfred F.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-02-18
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Key to Genera of
Neopelatopini
of Latin America (modified from
Seago & Newton, 2009
)
1a Dorsum apparently glabrous............................................................................. 2 1b Dorsum conspicuously, moderately setose.................................................................. 3 2a Antennae robust, antennomeres 6
–
10 (at least) transverse; head with two indistinctly-margined, lensless pale ocelli; elytra bicolored or uniformly pale or black; procoxal cavities posteriorly open.................................
Neopelatops
2b Antennae slender, antennomeres 6
–
7, 9
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11 (at least) elongate; head without ocelli; elytra uniformly brown or reddish brown; procoxal cavities posteriorly closed by pronotal process..............................................
Capnosolius
3a Head with pair of distinct pale ocelli with lenses; elytra confusedly punctate, without striae; procoxal cavities posteriorly open; aedeagal parameres absent.......................................................................
Ragytodes
3b Head without ocelli; elytra with distinct coarsely punctate and impressed striae; procoxal cavities posteriorly closed by pronotal process; aedeagal parameres present..........................................................
Sphaeropelatops