Lepicerus

Flowers, Wills, Shepard, William D. & Mera, Roberto Troya, 2010, A new species of Lepicerus (Coleoptera: Lepiceridae) from Ecuador, Zootaxa 2639, pp. 35-39 : 38

Key to Known Species of Lepicerus

1 Elytral carinae strongly raised and interrupted along their length; aedeagus with fibula robust and notched at apex ( Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2005); total length 1.8–2.0 mm; Mexico............................................................ bufo Hinton

1ʹ Elytral carinae raised only slightly, not interrupted along their length; fibula of aedeagus slender, not notched at apex ( Figs 3–8 ); total length less than 1.7 mm ...................................................................................................................... 2

2. Aedeagus elongate and slender, 0.68 mm long, width 1/5 of length ( Figs 3–5 ); known from Ecuador........................ ........................................................................................................................... pichilingue Flowers, Shepard & Troya

2ʹ Aedeagus shorter and more robust, narrowing at apex, 0.57 mm long, width 1/4 of length ( Figs 6–8 ); known from Central America. ..................................................................................................................... inaequalis Motschulsky

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 8. Aedeagi of Lepicerus. 3 – 5, L. pichilingue: 3, dorsal view; 4, lateral view; 5, ventral view; 6 – 8, L. inaequalis: 6, dorsal view; 7, lateral view; 8, ventral view.