Pseudocistela, Crotch, 1873

Novák, Vladimír, 2013, Review of the West Palaearctic Pseudocistela with description of P. hajeki sp. nov. from Iran (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1), pp. 293-301 : 294-295

Key to the males of the West Palaearctic species of Pseudocistela

1. Body length 6 mm. Antennomeres 1 and 2 yellow. Syria. ................................................ .................................................................................... P. impressicollis ( Chevrolat, 1873)

– Body at least 10 mm long. Antennomeres 1–11 black. .................................................. 2

2. Pronotum conical in outline, sides directly narrowed; each of antennomeres 4–10 2.5–3 times longer than antennomere 3, and each of antennomeres 7–9 less than three times longer than wide. ............................................................................................................ 3

– Pronotum more semicircular in outline, sides of pronotum distinctly rounded; each of antennomeres 4–10 only approximately twice longer than antennomere 3, and each of antennomeres 7–9 more than three times longer than wide. Habitus as in Fig. 3 ; head and pronotum as in Fig. 13; antennae as in Fig. 14; aedeagus as in Figs 15, 16. Iran. .............................................................................................................. P. hajeki sp. nov.

3. Antennomeres 4 and 5 more than 2.25 times longer than wide. PI near 60. Habitus as in Fig. 4 ; head and pronotum as in Fig. 17; antennae as in Fig. 18. Azerbaijan. .................. ............................................................................ P. znojkoi (Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1959)

– Antennomeres 4 and 5 only approximately twice longer than wide. PI near 50. Habitus as in Fig. 1 ; head and pronotum as in Fig. 5 ; antennae as in Fig. 6 ; aedeagus as in Figs 9, 10. West Palaearctic Region. ....................................... P. ceramboides ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Figures

Figs 1–8. 1–4 – habitus of male: 1 – Pseudocistela ceramboides (Linnaeus, 1758); 2 – P. ceramboides serrata (Chevrolat, 1844) syn. nov.; 3 – P. hajeki sp. nov. 4 – P. znojkoi (Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1959). 5–8 – details of head (5, 7) and antenna (6, 8): 5–6 – P. ceramboides; 7–8 – P. c. serrata.