Globothorax

Rosa, Simone Policena, 2011, New species of Triplonychus Candèze and Globothorax Fleutiaux from Brazil (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Cardiophorinae), Zootaxa 2831, pp. 1-22 : 2-3

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.277308

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6188942

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C58797-BE01-292D-FF57-FA9CFA2CF65E

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Globothorax
status

 

Key to Brazilian species of Globothorax and Triplonychus

1. Prothorax with lateral sides strongly rounded ( Fig. 54 View FIGURES 49 – 60 ), mandibles with lateroventral margin curved 90o to apex ( Fig. 76 View FIGURES 68 – 76 )................................................................................ 2 Globothorax Fleutiaux, 1891

- Prothorax with lateral sides subparallel to rounded ( Figs. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 8 , 21 View FIGURES 15 – 25 ), mandibles with lateroventral margin gradually ( Fig. 74 View FIGURES 68 – 76 ) or abruptly ( Fig. 75 View FIGURES 68 – 76 ) curved to apex................................................. 3 Triplonychus Candèze, 1860

2. Frontal carina present and produced, labrum semielliptical, posterior leg with trochanter convex, tibia slightly widened apicad with long and fine spiniform setae ( Fig. 105–107 View FIGURES 105 – 108 )..................................... G. chevrolati Fleutiaux, 1891

- Frontal carina absent, labrum trapezoidal with apex acute, posterior leg with trochanter and femur strongly convex, tibia wide with short and stout spiniform setae ( Fig. 88 View FIGURES 77 – 90 ) (MT) ( Figs. 50 View FIGURES 49 – 60 , 76 View FIGURES 68 – 76 , 104 View FIGURES 101 – 104 )............................ G. latidens sp. nov.

3 (1). Prothorax longer than wide............................................................................. 4

- Prothorax as wide as or wider than long.................................................................. 6

4 (3). Frontal carina strongly produced, mandibles tridentate........................................................ 5

- Frontal carina not produced, mandibles unidentate (MS) ( Figs. 35 View FIGURES 34 – 42 , 75 View FIGURES 68 – 76 , 103 View FIGURES 101 – 104 )....................... T. tibialatus sp. nov.

5 (4). Pronotum with double punctation......................................................................... 7

- Pronotum with single punctation (PA, BA)......................................... T. ephipiger Eschscholtz, 1829

6 (3). Pronotum with double punctation....................................................................... 10

- Pronotum with single punctation......................................................................... 11

7 (5). Pronotum dark brown to black with a pair of longitudinal orange stripes (AM, PA, MT)........ T. plagiatus Erichson, 1846

- Prothorax brown to black without orange stripes............................................................ 8

8 (7). Elytra evenly brown or brown with anterior margin reddish-brown.............................................. 9

- Elytra brown with lateral and sutural edges dark brown to black (PA)....................... T. ventralis Candèze, 1860

9 (8). Elytra brown with humeral margin reddish-brown, interstices 3, 5, and 7 carinate at apex, legs yellowish with apex of femur, dorsal margin of tibiae and tarsi darker (BA, PE)...................................... T. longicollis Erichson, 1840

- Elytra evenly colored, interstices 3, 5, 7 not carinate, legs evenly yellowish (PA)................. T. fulvus Candèze, 1865

10 (6). Mandibles unidentate, meso- and metatibiae tibiae broadened, metafemur convex (MS) ( Figs. 35 View FIGURES 34 – 42 , 75 View FIGURES 68 – 76 , 84, 85 View FIGURES 77 – 90 , 103 View FIGURES 101 – 104 ).............................................................................................. T. tibialatus sp. nov.

- Mandibles tridentate, legs slender (PA)................................................... T. rufus Candèze, 1860

11 (6). Mandibles small, legs slender......................................................................... 12

- Mandibles large, metafemur broadened and convex, tibiae widened apicad (MA) ( Figs. 20 View FIGURES 15 – 25 , 82 View FIGURES 77 – 90 , 102 View FIGURES 101 – 104 ). T. crassifemoris sp. nov.

12 (11). Antenna reaching hind angles of prothorax, elytral interstices 3, 5 and 7 carinate at apex (PA).... T. costatus Candèze, 1860

- Antenna surpassing the hind angles of prothorax by two or three antennomeres, elytral interstices 3, 5 and 7 not carinate at apex (AM) ( Figs. 101 View FIGURES 101 – 104 )................................................................ T. cruspinosus sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Elateridae

GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF