Dexoris, Waterhouse, 1878
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.1.9 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F3F653E2-825B-422E-AE4D-4FFA0BF9D856 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5980851 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A565879B-2C2E-CF40-FF46-FC77FA64FA73 |
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Plazi |
scientific name |
Dexoris |
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Key to Dexoris from continental Western Africa
1. Antennomeres 3–6 dark brown........................................................................... 2
- Antennomeres 3–6 testaceous........................................................................... 3
2. Legs brown, body 12–13 mm long, scutellum only weakly emarginate at apex.... Dexoris grandis Bocak & Bocakova 1988
- Legs testaceous, body 6 mm long, scutellum deeply emarginate at apex........................... D. ruzzieri sp. nov.
3. Elytral tubercles very tiny and dense, pronotum parallel-sided....................... D. majeri Bocak & Bocakova 1988
- Elytral tubercles strong, distance between them larger than their diameter, pronotum never parallel-sided............... 4
4. Body very small, less than 4 mm long, phallus with rotated base................... D. minutus Bocak & Bocakova 1988
- Body medium sized, over 5 mm long, phallus with simple base................................................. 5
5. Average interval between elytral tubercles in median part of elytra 0.16 mm, pronotum semi-circular, anterior angles widely rounded, antennomere 4 about the same length as antennomere 3......................... D. insignis Waterhouse, 1878
- Average interval between elytral tubercles in median part of elytra 0.12 mm, pronotum with acute front angles, antennomere 4 conspicuously shorter than antennomere 3................................... D. tessmanni Bocak & Bocakova 1988
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