Hermerius, Newman, 1844

Jin, Mengjie, Keyzer, Roger De, Hutchinson, Paul, Pang, Hong & Ślipiński, Adam, 2020, A Review Of The Australian Macrotomini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae), Annales Zoologici 70 (1), pp. 33-96 : 65

Key to Australian species of Hermerius (male only)

1. Abdominal ventrites without sexual setal patches......................... H. prionoides

–. Abdominal ventrites 1–4 with sexual patches.... 2

2. Elytra covered with fine, short golden hairs........................................... H. howei

–. Elytra apparently glabrous, at most with very sparse fine hairs near humeral angles................ 3

3. Ventral side of thorax completely covered with long hairs, elytra usually light brown, pronotum much darker.............................. H. impar

–. Ventral side of thorax with short setae, elytra of the same colour as pronotum..................... 4

4. Abdominal sexual patches smaller and flat ( Fig. 11D ); from NSW and south-eastern QLD.......................................... H. fairmairei

–. Abdominal sexual patches larger and strongly concave on each ventrite ( Fig. 11E ); from WA and SA..................... H. occidentalis sp. nov.

Figures

Figure 11. A–G: Hermerius spp. A–C: H. prionoides (Thomson); D: H. fairmairei (Lameere); E: H. occidentalis; F: H. impar Newman; G: H. howei (Thomson); H–J: Geoffmonteithia queenslanda Jin, de Keyzer et Ślipiński. A, H: male, dorsal; B, I: male, ventral; C, J: female, dorsal; D–G: male, abdominal ventrite 3.