Mannophorus LeConte, 1854
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14662132 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038487F8-027F-FF95-FF14-0EB7FA49FA1C |
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Felipe |
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Mannophorus LeConte, 1854 |
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Key to species of Mannophorus LeConte, 1854 View in CoL
1. Each elytron with two ivory vittae, integument black or dark metallic bluish black or greenish...... 2
— Each elytron with three costae, integument yellowish-brown or metallic bluish with greenish luster.. 5
2(1). Pronotum with punctures contiguous, cribriform or alveolate, integument opaque, disc reddish, black or dark bluish with pubescence short ( Fig. 155, 159 View Figures 152–163 , 185 View Figures 178–187 ).................................... 3
— Pronotum with punctures coarse, irregular, integument shining, disc metallic greenish or bluish with long flying setae ( Fig. 205, 209, 212, 216 View Figures 202–217 )................................................ 4
3(2). Form elongate; pronotum tapering apically, metallic dark bluish to aeneous black with an elongate, impunctate area in middle of basal half ( Fig. 185 View Figures 178–187 ); antennal tubercles flattened, abruptly declivous on either side of mid-cranial sulcus ( Fig. 182, 184 View Figures 178–187 ); dorsal half of genae narrow with anterior margins of lower eyes almost contiguous with base of mandibles ( Fig. 183 View Figures 178–187 ); mandibles with sides strongly angulated ( Fig. 184 View Figures 178–187 )......................................... M. minor (Bates) View in CoL , comb. nov.
— Form stout, pronotum evenly rounded on sides, disc reddish with apical and basal margins black, all black or all dark bluish, punctures coarse and contiguous throughout; antennal tubercles gradually declivous from apex to mid-cranial sulcus; dorsal half of genae broader with margins of lower eye lobes well separated from base of mandibles; sides of mandibles arcuate ( Fig. 152–159 View Figures 152–163 )............................................................................... M. laetus LeConte View in CoL
4(2). Antennae stout, male with antennomeres IV, IX and X subequal to or slightly longer than I ( Fig. 218 View Figures 218–221 ), female with distal antennomeres expanded, antennomeres IV–VII shorter than I ( Fig. 220 View Figures 218–221 ); subsutural raised ivory vittae narrow from base to near apex; pronotum coarsely, subconfluently punctate ( Fig. 205, 212 View Figures 202–217 )............................... M. virgulata virgulata (Chemsak) , comb. nov.
— Antennae slender, male with antennomeres IV, IX and X much longer than I ( Fig. 219 View Figures 218–221 ), female with antennomere IV subequal to I and V–VII slightly longer than I ( Fig. 221 View Figures 218–221 ); subsutural raised ivory vittae broader anteriorly; pronotum moderately, coarsely punctate ( Fig. 209, 216 View Figures 202–217 )....................................................... M. virgulata virescens (Eya) , comb. nov., syn. nov.
5(1). Integument yellowish-brown; pronotum with seven black maculae, and apical third to half of elytra black ( Fig. 164–177 View Figures 164–177 ).......................................................... M. forreri Bates View in CoL
— Integument metallic bluish with greenish luster; sides of pronotum broadly tuberculate; front, vertex, pronotum, prosternum, and basal half of elytra clothed with long flying erect setae ( Fig. 222–234 View Figures 222–234 ).............................................................. M. tricostatus Eya , sp. nov.
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