Agrodes

Asiain, Julieta, Márquez, Juan & Morrone, Juan J., 2007, Phylogenetic systematics of the genera Plochionocerus Dejean and Agrodes Nordmann (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Xantholinini), Zootaxa 1584, pp. 1-53 : 46-47

Key to the species of Agrodes

1. Upper line of pronotal hypomeron absent ( Fig. 66 ); antennomeres 4–10 quadrate or subquadrate ( Fig. 23 );

mandibular teeth small ( Fig. 39 ); aedeagus small and asymmetrical, with moderately long parameres, and internal sac with inconspicuous microsculpture ( Fig. 76 )............................................................. A. elegans 1’. Upper line of pronotal hypomeron developed, except in anterior third ( Fig. 65 ); antennomeres 4–10 transverse ( Fig. 22 ); mandibular teeth big ( Fig. 38 ); aedeagus big and symmetrical, with short parameres, and internal sac with conspicuous microsculpture ( Fig. 75 ) ......................................................... A. conicicollis

Figures

FIGURES 63 – 66. Lateral view of pronotal hypomeron: 63, Plochionocerus simplicicollis; 64, Renda spp.; 65, Agrodes conicicollis; 66, A. elegans.

FIGURES 20 – 31. Antennae: 20, Philonthus testaceipennis; 21, Renda flagellicornis; 22, Agrodes conicicollis; 23, A. elegans; 24, Plochionocerus gracilis; 25, P. humeralis; 26, P. i g n e u s; 27, P. m a rq u e z i; 28, P. puncticeps; 29, P. re t i c u - laris; 30, P. s p l e n d e n s; 31, P. transversalis.

FIGURES 32 – 39. Labrum: 32, Homalolinus flavipennis; 33, Renda flagellicornis; 34, Plochionocerus marquezi; 35, P. simplicicollis; 36, P. puncticeps; 37, Agrodes elegans. Mandibles: 38, Agrodes conicicollis; 39, A. elegans.

FIGURES 69 – 78. Ventral (left) and lateral (right) view of aedeagus: 69, Philonthus testaceipennis; 70, Homalolinus flavipennis; 71, Thyreocephalus puncticeps; 72, Renda fimetaria; 73, R. flagellicornis; 74, R. leprieuri; 75, Agrodes conicicollis; 76, A. elegans; 77, Plochionocerus ashei; 78, P. discedens. Scale bar 1 mm.