Subprotelater, Fleutiaux, 1916

Key to the species of the genus Subprotelater View in CoL

1. Elytron with narrow yellow longitudinal stripe near apical mesial edge........................................... 2

- Elytron without narrow yellow longitudinal stripe near apical mesial edge........................................ 3

2. Elytron with yellow straight transverse spot posteriorly.................................... S. bakeri Fleutiaux, 1916

- Elytron with yellow curved transverse spot posteriorly................................... S. hisamatusi Nakane, 1987

3. Elytron with four yellow spots........................................................................... 4

- Elytron with three yellow spots......................................... S. japonicus Nakane and Hisamatsu, 1991

4. Body and antennae black; median longitudinal carina of pronotal posterior angles distinct............................ 5

- Body brown and antennae orange; median longitudinal carina of pronotal posterior angles vestigial................................................................................................. S. miriensis Arimoto , sp. nov.

5. Setae yellowish; pronotum without impressions before the middle............................................... 6

- Setae black on dorsal side of the body and greyish on its underside; pronotum with two vague impressions on either side before the middle............................................................. S. williamsi Van Zwaluwenberg, 1941

6. Prothorax punctures small; interspaces between punctures generally larger than puncture diameter; metepisternum narrower than width of elytral epipleuron................................................. S. lambirensis Arimoto , sp. nov.

- Pronotum with large and umbilicate punctures; prostermum and hypomeron with very tight and large punctures; metepisternum width equal to width of elytral epipleuron.............................................. S. guttatus Fleutiaux, 1919