Not everything is what it seems: the study of type specimens of Cryptogenius Westwood, 1842 species (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae: Anaidinae) reveals a new species and new synonyms
Author
Costa-Silva, Vinícius
Author
Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z.
text
Journal of Natural History
2023
2023-03-06
57
1 - 4
175
192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2171821
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2023.2171821
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Key to
Cryptogenius
species
1 Pronotal disc slightly convex; outer margin of metatibiae with no more than eight teeth pointed backwards (
Figure 2f
); male with anterior border of profemur with a distinct hookshaped tubercle (
Figure 2e
, black arrow); parameres with lateral margin constricted near the apex (
Figure 2d
, black arrows)...
Cryptogenius miersianus
Westwood 1842
1̍ Pronotal disc flat; outer margin of metatibiae with nine or more acute teeth pointed laterally (
Figure 1a,b
); male with anterior border of profemur without tubercles or carinae (
Figure 1b
); parameres with lateral margin not constricted near the apex (
Figure 1d,e
)...
Cryptogenius westwoodi
sp. nov.