Scirtes, Illiger, 1807
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.4.2 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4546167 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/196C87E6-FFFB-3073-D5CC-788BBCE90803 |
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Plazi |
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Scirtes |
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Key to identification of Fijian Scirtes View in CoL View at ENA
1. Body oval, convex, TL/EW1.19–1.44..................................................................... 8
-. Body elongated, depressed, TL/EW 1.44–1.75.............................................................. 2
2. Body yellowish, TL> 3.30 mm, aedeagus symmetrical........................... Scirtes natovensis Champion, 1919
-. Body brown to black, TL <2.60 mm, aedeagus asymmetrical................................................................................................... 3. [identification impossible without dissection of male genitalia]
3. Tegmen trifid, one of parameres biramose..................................................................4.
-. Tegmen bifid.........................................................................................6.
4. Apical processes of penis very short, ca. 0.1× length of penis........................ Scirtes pseudoveisariensis sp. nov.
-. Apical processes of penis longer, ca. 0.3–0.4× length of penis..................................................5.
5. Both processes of divided paramere equally narrow..................................... Scirtes abacaensis sp. nov.
-. One process of divided paramere distinctly wider than other............................. Scirtes veisariensis sp. nov.
6. Penis with three apical processes................................................. Scirtes veitchi Champion, 1919
-. Penis with two apical processes..........................................................................7.
7. Pala with very long and thin posterior portion; parameres of tegmen ca. 2× longer than basal portion................................................................................................... Scirtes devoensis sp. nov.
-. Pala with short posterior portion; parameres of tegmen 1.0–1.3× longer than basal portion......... Scirtes tokotaai sp. nov.
8. Coloration of body contrasting: head, pronotum and scutellar shield orange, elytra brown to black, aedeagus asymmetrical................................................................................. Scirtes humeralis Pic, 1932
-. Body uniformly brown to black, aedeagus symmetrical....................................................... 9
9. Parameres wide, much longer than basal portion of tegmen................................ Scirtes schlingeri sp. nov.
-. Parameres narrow, shorter than basal portion of tegmen.................................. Scirtes navaiensis sp. nov.
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