Typhlocharis gomezi

Serrano, Artur R. M., Aguiar, Carlos A. S. & Proença, Sónia J. R., 2005, Two New Species Of Typhlocharis Dieck Of The Gomezi Species Group From Portugal (Coleoptera: Carabidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 59 (2), pp. 239-249 : 248

Key to Species of the Typhlocharis gomezi Species Group

The gomezi species group includes the following five species: T. gomezi , T. wrasei , T. hiekei , T. passosi and T. fozcoaensis . All the species are distinguished from one another by character states in the following key:

1. Abdominal sternum II of male with a median tubercle near the posterior margin, female with one deep pair of posteriolateral foveae. Umbilicate series 4 þ 3. Middle lobe of aedeagus as in Figures 3a–b - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - T . passosi

19. Abdominal sternum II of male without a median tubercle near the posterior margin, female with one or two pairs of lateral foveae - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2

2. Trochanter and internal edge of femur of third pair of legs dentate in male. Umbilicate series 4 þ 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3

29. Trochanter and internal edge of femur of third pair of legs not dentate in male. Umbilicate series 4 þ 2 or 4 þ 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4

3. Trochanter of second pair of legs dentate in male, rounded in female. Internal edge of second pair of femora rounded in both sexes. Abdominal sternum II of female with one pair of shallow foveae at hind angles. Middle lobe of aedeagus as in Figure 3 of Zaballos and Farinós (1995) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - T. hiekei

39. Trochanter and internal edge of femur of second pair of legs dentate in male, rounded or angular in female. Abdominal sternum II of female with two pairs of lateral foveae (one front pair and one hind pair). Middle lobe of aedeagus as in Figure 2 of Zaballos and Farinós (1995) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - T. wrasei

4. Umbilicate series 4 þ 2. Abdominal sternum III of females with one pair of anterolateral foveae. Middle lobe of aedeagus as in Figures. 3c–d - - - - - - - - - T . fozcoaensis

49. Umbilicate series 4 þ 3. Abdominal sternum III of females without any lateral foveae. Middle lobe of aedeagus as in Figure 1 of Zaballos and Farinós (1995) - - - T. gomezi