CHLAMYDOPSINAE BICKHARDT, 1914

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF VANUATUAN CHLAMYDOPSINAE BICKHARDT, 1914 View in CoL

1. Elytra without trichomes ..................................................... Ceratohister vanuatu n. sp.

— Elytra with prominent humeral trichomes .................................................................. 2

2. Pronotum transverse, septagonal, its anterior and lateral margins raised and fringed with a row of long yellow setae ................................................. Chlamydopsis caterinoi n. sp.

— Pronotum subquadrate or elongate, without raised margins and setose fringe ............. 3

3. Entire surface of elytra, including part of trichome elevations and most of area between them, covered with dense large punctures; pronotum with the same type of punctation throughout the entire surface, dorsal setae sparse, small and inconspicuous ................... ............................................................................................. Eucurtiopsis penaoru n. sp.

— Substantial area of elytral surfaces, including on and between trichome elevations, lack punctures, smooth and shiny ...................................................................................... 4

4. Dorsal surface with abundant conspicuous setae prominently arranged into clusters on pronotum and posterior parts of elytra ....................................................................... 5

— Elytra and often pronotum without conspicuous setal clusters, setation absent or at best with minute background setation obvious under higher magnification ....................... 7

5. Most of elytral surface smooth and shiny, area of sparse punctation present only in posterior third medially, along suture ..................................................... Eucurtiopsis ibisca n. sp.

— Most of elytral surface covered with dense large punctures, punctation always reaching lateral margins of pronotum in posterior half and present at elytral bases between trichomes ... 6

6. Both trichome elevations and area between them with surfaces shiny, without punctures; parts of anterior elevations posterior to transverse ridges slightly convex ........................ ............................................................................................ Eucurtiopsis corbarai n. sp.

— Basal parts of both trichome elevations and presutural parts of area between them with conspicuous dense punctures; parts of anterior elevations posterior to transverse ridges distinctly concave ............................................................... Eucurtiopsis kitchingi n. sp.

7. Elytra smooth and shiny, only with a few punctures in presutural area; pronotum with sparse punctures and numerous small tubercles bearing tufts of setae atop; trichomes small and narrow ......................................................................... Eucurtiopsis degallieri n. sp.

— Elytra with large deep punctures variably covering most of posterior half and substantial areas near bases; pronotum with dense punctures and numerous small tubercles, without setae; trichomes large and wide, extending beyond trichome elevations on flat surface between them as narrow angular projections .......................... Eucurtiopsis pascali n. sp.