Pholeuonopsis Apfelbeck, 1901

Ćurčić, Srećko, Vrbica, Maja, Vesović, Nikola, Antić, Dragan, Petković, Matija, Bosco, Fabrizio & Ćurčić, Božidar, 2015, A new troglobitic species of the genus Pholeuonopsis (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Leptodirini) from western Serbia, with a key to the species from Serbia, Zootaxa 3937 (2), pp. 393-400 : 398-399

Key to the Serbian species of the genus Pholeuonopsis Apfelbeck, 1901

(Modified from Ćurčić et al. 2006)

1a. Eyes absent, spermatheca more curved.................................................................... 2

1b. Eyes reduced, spot-like, spermatheca less curved.... P. (P.) zlatiborensis S. Ćurčić, Brajković, B. Ćurčić & N. Ćurčić, 2006

2a. Body less elongate, posterior pronotal angles elongate, more protruding backwards, scutellum small, elytra oval, two param- eral setae upper and close-set, outer gonostyl seta at the level of the second inner seta..... P. (P.) magdelainei Jeannel, 1924

2b. Body more elongate, posterior pronotal angles short, less protruding backwards, scutellum large, elytra inversely ovate, all parameral setae equidistant, outer gonostyl seta at the level between two inner setae................................ 3

3a. Somewhat longer, antennae not exceeding the mid-elytra level in females, antennomere XI ovoid, pronotum widest slightly before the mid-portion, more rounded anteriorly, mesosternal carina high, more rounded, elytral margins almost straight anteriorly, elytra more elongate, protarsomere I shorter, median lobe thickened distally, with more rounded apex, parameres wider distally, sigmoidly curved laterally, basal bulb more elongate, median lobe less curved laterally, wider basally, urite oval, gonostyli less curved, spermatheca more elongate, narrower................................... P. (P.) sljivovicensis sp. n.

3b. Somewhat shorter, antennae exceeding the mid-elytra level in females, antennomere XI sub-elliptical, pronotum widest at hind pronotal angles, less rounded anteriorly, mesosternal carina low, more acute, elytral margins somewhat impressed anteriorly, elytra less elongate, protarsomere I longer, median lobe not thickened, with more pointed apex, parameres narrower distally, arcuate laterally, basal bulb less elongate, median lobe more curved laterally, narrower basally, urite sub-ovate, gonostyli more curved, spermatheca less elongate, wider.................................. P. (P.) cvijici S. Ćurčić & Brajković, 2002