Attagenus admirabilis, HávA, 2015

HávA, Jiří, 2015, A new species from Chile, Attagenus (s. str.) admirabilis sp. nov. (Coleoptera ¡ Dermestidae ¡ Attageninae), with a key to Attagenus (s. str.) species from the Neotropical and Andean Regions., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 14, pp. 173-175 : 175

Key to Attagenus (s. str.) species known from Neotropical and Andean Regions

1(2) Elytral cuticula brown with one transverse orange-reddish band,

covered by yellow setation. Cosmopolitan…………………………………………… A. fasciatus (Thunberg, 1795)

2(1) Elytral cuticula unicolorous without bands or spots.

3(4) Elytra with small, isolated, circular spots from white setation.

CosmopolitAN……………………………………………………………………………………………… A. pellio (Linnaeus, 1758)

4(3) Elytra without spots, setation unicolorous.

5(6) Antennae with very long, white setation (Fig. 3), dorsal surfaces very shiny. Chile ………………………………………………………………………………………… A. admirabilis sp. nov.

6(5) Antennae with short, yellow or brown setation, dorsal surfaces matt.

7(10) Lateral regions of prosternum strongly raised and forming knife-

like carinae in front of coxae.

8(9) Pronotum and elytra dark black-brown; prosternal process narrow.

Bahamas ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… A. inaguai Háva, 2011

9(8) Pronotum red-brown, elytra light brown; prosternal process broad.

Panama ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… A. globosus Háva, 2003

10(7) Lateral regions of prosternum slightly raised, not forming knife-

like carinae; dorsal surfaces from brown to black.

CosmopolitAN……………………………………………………………………………………………… A. unicolor (Brahm, 1790)

Etymology. The specific epithet is Latin adjective admirabilis (remarkable).