Physopleurus, Lacordaire, 1869
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https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-70.4.797 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3A7B2D51-FFC0-986E-FF2E-FBA7FB674AB9 |
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Carolina |
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Physopleurus |
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KEY TO FEMALES OF PHYSOPLEURUS View in CoL
WITH PROTIBIAL SPINES (adapted from Jeniš and Santos-Silva 2010)
1. Elytral punctation coarse and well-marked (with rugose appearance).............................2
1 ′. Elytral punctation fine or slightly coarse (without rugose appearance)........................4
2. Width of upper eye lobes almost equal to length of scape ( Fig. 1 View Figs ); prosternum coarsely anastomosed punctate ( Fig. 2 View Figs ). Colombia (Antioquia) ...... P. antonkozlovi Santos-Silva and Botero View in CoL , new species
2 ′. Width of upper eye lobes distinctly shorter than length of scape ( Figs. 6, 8 View Figs ); prosternum finely, sparsely punctate ( Figs. 7, 9 View Figs )...........3
3. Scape, usually, distinctly reaching posterior ocular edge; membranous wings light. Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso), Bolivia (Cochabamba) ...................... ........................ P. longiscapus Lameere, 1912 View in CoL
3 ′. Scape not reaching posterior ocular edge; membranous wings darkened. French Guiana, Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Pará) .................... ............................... P. rugosus (Gahan, 1894) View in CoL
4. Mandibles distinctly longer than head; elytral carinae distinct. French Guiana, Brazil (Roraima, Amazonas, Maranhão).................... ......................... P. tritomicros Lameere, 1912 View in CoL
4 ′. Mandibles, at most, as long as head; elytral carinae not or slightly distinct.....................5
5. Pronotal disc without shiny plate. Colombia..... ........ P. erikae Santos-Silva and Martins, 2009 View in CoL
5 ′. Pronotal disc with shiny plate......................6
6. Elytral punctation fine and moderately sparse, or almost absent. Venezuela............................ ........................... P. dohrnii Lacordaire, 1868 View in CoL
6 ′. Elytral punctation moderately fine, but abundant and distinct...........................................7
7. Distance between upper eye lobes about equal to length of the scape. Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso) ............................. ........................... P. crassidens (Bates, 1869) View in CoL
7 ′. Distance between upper eye lobes distinctly smaller than length of the scape..................8
8. Lateral margins of pronotum crenulate from lateral tubercle to anterolateral angle. Brazil (Amazonas) ........ P. rafaeli Santos-Silva, 2006 View in CoL
8 ′. Lateral margins of pronotum denticulatecrenulate from lateral tubercle to anterolateral angle. French Guiana.................. P. ubirajarai Delahaye and Tavakilian, 2015 View in CoL
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