Kalohydnobius, Peck & Cook, 2009

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2009, Review of the Sogdini of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae) with descriptions of fourteen new species and three new genera, Zootaxa 2102 (1), pp. 1-74 : 31

Key to Species of Kalohydnobius

1 Male metafemur with large, apically-directed tooth ( Fig. 97 ), profemur without a tooth; internal sac of aedeagus with a pair of large, curved teeth ( Fig. 98 ); anterior apophysis of female sternite 8 with a broad lobe at apex ( Fig. 99 ); eastern species .................................................................................................................................... K. dentatus

- Male metafemur without a large tooth, profemur with a small median tooth ( Figs. 81 , 90 ); internal sac without large teeth; anterior apophysis of female sternite 8 elongate, narrow ( Figs. 85 , 92 ); western species................................. 2

2 Median lobe of aedeagus tapering to narrow apex ( Fig. 84 ); parameres inserted near middle of median lobe ( Fig. 84 ); female sternite 8 protuberant apically ( Fig. 85 ) ............................................................................... K. strigilatus

- Median lobe of aedeagus broader throughout, apex more blunt ( Fig. 91 ); parameres inserted sub-basally ( Fig. 91 ); female sternite 8 weakly emarginate apically ( Fig. 92 ) ........................................................................ K. californicus

Figures

FIGURES 95–100. Kalohydnobius dentatus. 95. Right antenna, dorsal view. 96. Mandibles, dorsal view. 97. Male right metafemur and metatibia. 98. Aedeagus, dorsal view. 99. Female sternite 8, ventral view. 100. Female coxites and styli, ventral view. Scale bar = 0.3 mm (Fig. 100), 0.4 mm (Figs. 95, 96, 98, 99), 0.5 mm (Fig. 97).

FIGURES 79–86. Kalohydnobius strigilatus. 79. Right antenna, dorsal view. 80. Mandibles, dorsal view. 81. Male right profemur. 82. Male right mesofemur and mesotibia. 83. Male right metafemur. 84. Aedeagus, dorsal view. 85. Female sternite 8, ventral view. 86. Female coxites, ventral view. Scale bar = 0.3 mm (Figs. 80, 84–86), 0.4 mm (Fig. 79), 0.5 mm (Figs. 81–83).

FIGURES 88–93. Kalohydnobius californicus. 88. Right antenna, dorsal view. 89. Mandibles, dorsal view. 90. Male right profemur. 91. Aedeagus, dorsal view. 92. Female sternite 8, ventral view. 93. Female coxites, ventral view. Scale bar = 0.3 mm (Figs. 88–93).