Creophilus maxillosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00725.x |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FBFE9195-BE04-4AFE-9417-6E38BCE6AB84 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5492129 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B414F-1958-FFDE-FF33-F9254816FD6E |
treatment provided by |
Valdenar |
scientific name |
Creophilus maxillosus |
status |
|
CREOPHILUS MAXILLOSUS View in CoL SPECIES- GROUP
This species group was originally proposed by Newton (1985) for the Holarctic and Oriental species. With recognition of three new synonyms and description of one new species, five species are included here.
Diagnosis: Head black or brownish-black; antennomere 2 subequal in length to 3 or shorter; antennomere 11 with apical pairs of setae situated on either side of antennal axis (e.g. Fig. 13F View Figure 13 ); right mandible with T3 directly ventral to T2 and mandibular blade, mostly (in C. incanus entirely) hidden from dorsal view beneath mandibular blade ( Fig. 13A View Figure 13 ); anterior pronotal angles produced laterally ( Figs 2G, 13E View Figure 13 ); abdominal tergites III–V without secondary transverse basal ridge; apical fringe of tergites III–VI with at least paired groups of white or golden setae medially, rest of body with variably black, brown, whitish-grey, or golden-brown vestiture ( Fig. 1F–J); median lobe of aedeagus completely divided ventrally by membranous strip ( Fig. 3C, arrow). Large males with: apical portion of mandibles exceeding 0.9 times length of basal portion (ML1/ML2 range of all males = 0.60–1.09); without ventrolateral carina of head; pronotum widest at anterior angles; base of profemur with spine-like apophysis ( Fig. 9D, arrow); superior pronotal marginal line abruptly deflected beneath disc of pronotum at point of basolateral denticle ( Fig. 2G, bpd).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.