Allochotes

Murakami, Hiroyuki, Yamasako, Junsuke, Chou, Wen-I & Yang, Ganyan, 2013, Review of the genus Allochotes (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Neorthopleurinae) from Taiwan, Zootaxa 3710 (6), pp. 565-577 : 566

Key to the species of Allochotes from Taiwan

1. Antennomeres weakly serrate; maxillary palpi with the last segment more or less triangular.......................... 2

- Antennomeres well serrate; maxillary palpi with the last segment elongate....................................... 4

2. Elytra orange, round; phallus well sclerotized, not uncinate at apex, hardly swollen even in inflated condition; phallic plates wide................................................................................ A. forniculatus sp. n.

- Elytra metallic color, oblong; phallus almost membranous, uncinate at apex, well swollen in inflated condition; phallic plates fine................................................................................................ 3

3. Elytra metallic piceus , sparsely set with setigerous punctures throughout; spicular apodeme connected with spicular plates; phallobasic apodeme weakly dilated apically.................................................... A. piceus sp. n.

- Elytra metallic blue, densely set with setigerous punctures throughout; spicular apodeme unconnected with spicular plates; phallobasic apodeme simple, rod-like shaped......................................................... A. sauteri

4. Elytra round, dully black purple, without white marking.............................................. A. dichrous

- Elytra oval, with black and white markings................................................................ 5

5. Antennomeres 3 to 11, subsutural area of elytra, tibiae and tarsi black; pterothoraces in ventral view yellowish orange; inflated aedeagus orthogonally or acutely curved in lateral view................................................. A. choui

- Antennae and legs entirely yellowish orange, pterothoraces brownish black, and subsutural area of elytra milky white; inflated aedeagus significantly and acutely curved in lateral view............................................... A. yichei