Neorthopleura (Opitz, 2013)

Chapman, Eric G., Leavengood, John M. & Dupuis, Julian R., 2025, The Cleridae and Thanerocleridae of eastern North America, with illustrated keys, updated distributions, and special emphasis on the Kentucky fauna, Zootaxa 5639 (1), pp. 1-88 : 27

Key to species of Neorthopleura ( Korynetinae ) in eastern North America

1. Pronotum yellow to red (much lighter than elytra) with hind margin infuscate ( A, B)—this infuscation continuing anteriorly onto lateral margins to varying lengths towards anterior angles ( B)...................... Neorthopleura thoracica (Say)

1’. Pronotum ranging from dark (concolorous with elytra; E) to red, if lighter than elytra, then hind and lateral margins never infuscate ( C, D).............................................................. Neorthopleura texana (Bland)