Pseudorphnus

Frolov, Andrey V. & Montreuil, Olivier, 2006, Description of the male of the rare Madagascan species Pseudorphnus hiboni with notes on the genus Pseudorphnus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae), Zootaxa 1154, pp. 27-33 : 32

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.273408

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6256499

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF06506D-0360-B87E-957B-5668FA84BDBE

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Plazi

scientific name

Pseudorphnus
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Key to Pseudorphnus species

1. Elytra without distinct striae, punctuate on disc; elytral intervals almost flat; parameres with acute apices (in lateral view, Fig. 5)................................................... P. olsoufieffi

­ Elytra with distinct striae, punctuate or impunctate on disc; elytral intervals convex or flat; parameres of different shape ................................................................................. 2

2. Elytra with densely punctuate striae (Fig. 1, 4); elytral intervals somewhat convex; protibial horns of male directed upward and forward; apices of parameres fingershaped (Fig. 3, 7); larger ( 11–13 mm).............................................................. P. hiboni

­ Elytra almost impunctate on disc, with striae visible as slightly elevated lines; elytral intervals almost flat; protibial horns of male wider and directed upward; apices of parameres hook­shaped (in lateral view, Fig. 6); smaller ( 6.5–8.5 mm)...... P. coquereli

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Orphnidae

SubFamily

Orphninae

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