Cybocephalidae

Hisamatsu, Sadatomo, 2013, A review of the Japanese Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea), Zootaxa 3616 (3), pp. 253-267 : 266

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.3.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6150623
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scientific name	Cybocephalidae
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Key to Cybocephalidae View in CoL from Japan

1. Eyes indistinctly visible in ventral aspect. Metaventrite ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 A) concave and short, about as long as mesoventrite. Apical margin of inter-metacoxal area of abdominal sternite III ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 A) narrow and acuminate ( Pastillus ). Antennae ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 K) tensegmented.................................................................. Pastillus eminentithorax sp. nov.

– Eyes distinctly visible in ventral aspect. Metaventrite ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 B) convex and elongate, longer than mesoventrite. Apical margin of inter-metacoxal area of abdominal sternite III ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 B) wide and broadly rounded ( Cybocephalus ). Antennae ( Figs. 4 View FIGURE 4 I, 6F, 7I) eleven-segmented.................................................................................. 2

2. Head and anterior margin of pronotum ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 C) with metallic luster...................... C. (C.) chlorocapitis sp. nov.

– Head and anterior margin of pronotum without metallic luster.................................................. 3

3. Male pronotum ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 A) yellowish. Median lobe of male genitalia ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 C) in lateral view extremely thin. Elytral punctures ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 B) large, as large as an eye-facet at middle................................ C. (C.) nipponicus Endrödy-Younga

– Male pronotum ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 B) black. Median lobe of male genitalia ( Figs. 5 View FIGURE 5 P–T) in lateral view extremely thick. Elytral punctures ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 C–D) small, smaller than an eye-facet at middle................................... C. (C.) politissimus Reitter