Ground beetles of the subfamily Lebiinae (Carabidae) of Guinea-Bissau: description of three new species and faunistic notes
Author
Serrano, Artur R. M.
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-03-07
5419
3
361
393
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.3
1175-5326
10791748
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Key to the
Guinea-Bissau
species of
Arsinoe
1. Elytra with thin transverse microreticulation; each elytron with a large yellow humeral spot extending since the 3
rd
to the 8
th
intervals and a large, irregular subapical yellow spot extending since 1
st
to 7
th
intervals, giving a clearly trimaculate appearance to the elytra (
Fig.
1 in
Facchini 2011
); legs yellowish; male genitalia as in
Facchini (2011
, Figs. 7a–b).............................................................................................
Arsinoe triguttata
Facchini, 2011
- Elytra without transverse microreticulation................................................................. 2
2. Head with strong longitudinal furrows on the sides above and near the eyes (
Fig. 1a
); pronotum strongly transverse (1.8–1.9 times as wide as long), lateral sides very large and heavily wrinkled posteriad; male genitalia as in figures 2a–b.............................................................................................
Arsinoe aguiari
n. sp
.
- Head with few and slight longitudinal furrows on the sides above and near the eyes................................. 3
3. Elytra with two pairs of yellowish spots, one subhumeral sub-rounded extending from the 3
rd
–4
th
to 7
th
intervals, and other subapical rounded extending from 1
st
–2
nd
to 4
th
intervals; legs with femurs and tibiae yellowish, knees and tarsi blackish..............................................................................
Arsinoe flavosignata
(Gory, 1833)
- Elytra with two pairs of yellowish spots, one subhumeral oblique extending from the 3
rd
interval to the 8
th
interval, dented anteriad in the 5
th
(part), 6
th
and 7
th
(part) intervals and posteriad in the 4
th
interval, and other subapical joined by the suture, extending from 1
st
–5
th
intervals, strongly dented anteriad in the 3
rd
interval and posteriad in the suture-1
st
interval and 4
th
interval; legs totally blackish................................................
Arsinoe laevigata
Basilewsky, 1970