Euleptarthrus
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3613.2.4 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F085BCAA-41E6-400B-9B1D-23FD4D3BA749 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6150262 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B94662-9C6F-FFD4-FF36-1DF69F89FC24 |
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Euleptarthrus |
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Key to Chinese species of the subgenus Euleptarthrus
1. Head with outer lateral teeth strongly projecting and sharp, about twice as long as inner lateral teeth........ P. ( E.) oxygonus
- Head with outer lateral teeth rounded or bluntly pointed, nearly as long as inner lateral teeth......................... 2.
2. Head with outer and inner lateral teeth distinctly pointed; lateral setae on clypeus absent; 3rd ventral tooth of mandible dis- tinctly pointed and together with 1st and 2nd ventral teeth forming trifurcate structure.............. · P. ( E.) trifurcus View in CoL sp. nov.
- Head with outer lateral teeth rounded, inner lateral teeth at most triangular or bluntly convex; two pairs of lateral setae on clypeus present; 3rd ventral tooth of mandible absent, or if present never forming trifurcate structure with 1st and 2nd ventral teeth............................................................................................... ·3.
3. Pronotum red or dark red.............................................................................. 4.
- Pronotum black or brown.............................................................................. 5.
4. Elytra red; pronotum without lateral puncture on each side of median longitudinal sulcus.............. P. ( E.) baoxingensis
- Elytra black; pronotum with small lateral puncture on each side of median longitudinal sulcus............. P. ( E.) elongatus
5. Elytra with disc glossy and only marginal area covered with coriaceous ground sculpture............... P. ( E.) parvicornis
- Elytra completely covered with distinct coriaceous ground sculpture............................................ 6.
6. First dorsal tooth of mandible shorter than 1st and 2nd ventral teeth, 2nd dorsal tooth absent............................ 7.
- First dorsal tooth of mandible longer than 1st and 2nd ventral teeth, 2nd dorsal tooth present........................... 8.
7. Inner lateral teeth on head triangularly convex; elytra dark red............................. P. ( E.) deltodontus View in CoL sp. nov.
- Inner lateral teeth on head bluntly convex; elytra dark brown................................... P. ( E.) amblyodontus
8. Third segment of antennae about 3 times as long as 2nd; inner lateral teeth on head curtate; inclined plane between lateral teeth and clypeus visible from above..................................................... P. ( E.) curtidentatus View in CoL sp. nov.
- Third segment of antennae at most 2.5 times as long as 2nd; inclined plane between lateral teeth and clypeus invisible from above.............................................................................................. 9.
9. Body brown; size smaller (< 10 mm); frontal impression distinctly narrowed frontad............... P. ( E.) subbrevicornis View in CoL
- Body black; size larger (> 12 mm); frontal impression slightly divergent frontad........................ P. ( E.) chinensis View in CoL
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Osoriinae |