Xenoceraspis
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https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2442795 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14772455 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/077B87DC-CC01-FFCC-FF55-FAB253DA1889 |
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Plazi |
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Xenoceraspis |
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Key for identification of Xenoceraspis View in CoL species
1 – metafemora and metatibiae enlarged (males) .................................................................... 2 – metafemora and metatibiae unmodified (females) ............................................................... 4
2 – terminal spurs of metatibiae present ( Figure 17 View Figures 14–19 ) males of.......................... X. calcarata – terminal spurs of metatibiae absent ............................................................................................ 3
3 – apex of metatibiae considerably enlarged, beak-like ( Figures 19 View Figures 14–19 ) males of..................
....................................................................................................................................... X. longimacularia – apex of metatibiae moderately enlarged ( Figure 18 View Figures 14–19 ) males of....... ....... X. kurseongana View in CoL
4 – disc of elytra covered with sparse, minute, nearly invisible setae ( Figure 3 View Figures 1–4 ) females of .................................................................................................................................................. X. calcarata
– disc of elytra covered with moderately dense, well visible pale scale-like setae ...... 5
5 – elytra distinctly expanded laterally just in front of metacoxa ( Figure 24 View Figures 20–26 ), with well visible sinuosity from lateral view ( Figure 26 View Figures 20–26 ) females of.......... .......... X. longimacularia
– elytra only weakly expanded laterally just in front of metacoxa ( Figure 23 View Figures 20–26 ), with nearly no sinuosity from the lateral view ( Figure 25 View Figures 20–26 ) females of............ ............ X. kurseongana View in CoL
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Melolonthinae |
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Diphycerini |