Philhammus ambouli Schawaller and Steiner (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Cnemeplatiini), New Species from Djibouti
Author
Schawaller, Wolfgang
Author
Steiner, Warren E.
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2018
2018-03-23
72
1
129
133
http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.1.129
journal article
10.1649/0010-065X-72.1.129
1938-4394
5380372
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KEY TO THE SPECIES OF
PHILHAMMUS
FROM
AFRICA AND ARABIA
1. Posterior corners of pronotum prominent ... 2
1´Posterior corners of pronotum rounded.... 3
2. Pronotum with complete, deep, medial, longitudinal furrow (
Djibouti
) ..................... ...........
P. ambouli
Schawaller and Steiner
,
new species
2´. Pronotum with flat, medial, longitudinal furrow only in posterior part (western and central Africa) .............
P. ferenczi
Kaszab, 1967
3. Eyes small, diameter not larger than length of 1 antennomere of antennal club (
Canary Islands
,
Spain
,
Morocco
,
Egypt
) .............. ....................
P. sericans
Fairmaire, 1871
3´. Eyes larger, diameter as large as length of 2–3 antennomeres of antennal club .............. 4
4. Body length
3.5 mm
; pronotal disc with transverse and longitudinal convexity, reduced medial furrow of pronotum deep at base (
Chad
) ....................
P. tschadensis
Kaszab, 1967
4´. Body length 2.5–3.0 mm; pronotal disc with only transverse convexity, reduced medial furrow of pronotum flat at base ............. 5
5. Body narrower, elytra 1.8X longer than wide; eyes larger, diameter with 7–8 smaller facets; genae not wider than eyes (southern Africa) .........................
P. brincki
Ferrer, 1995
5´. Body broader, elytra 1.6X longer than wide; eyes smaller, diameter with 3–5 larger facets; genae wider than eyes (Middle East, Arabia,
Egypt
,
Sudan
) ......................................... ........................
P. aharonii
(Reitter, 1910)