Dendrocellus Schmidt-Göbel

Liang, Hongbin & Kavanaugh, David H., 2007, Review of the Genus Dendrocellus Schmidt-Göbel (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Dryptini), with Descriptions of Seven New Species, The Coleopterists Bulletin (Oxford, England) 61 (1), pp. 1-39 : 1-39

Key to the species of the genus Dendrocellus Schmidt-Göbel

1 Pronotum red or brown, with purple luster ( Figs. 1 , 15 )............... 2

1 9 Pronotum black with green or blue metallic luster...................... 4

2 (1) Claw with long pectinations in inner side ( Fig. 65 ). Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Senegal, Uganda, Zambia.................................... D. australis Péringuey

2 9 Claw with very short pectinations in inner side ( Fig. 70 )............... 3 4 6 3(1 9) Elytra bicolored, basal two-thirds bluish-green, apical third dark purple to black, ( Fig. 109 ), striae faintly impressed, nearly effaced. Malawi....................................... D. bicoloripennis , new species

3 9 Elytra unicolored, green throughout ( Fig. 15 ), striae deeply impressed, distinct. Congo, Zambia....... D. micropectinatus , new species

4(1 9) Scutellum reddish brown, meso- and meta-sternum brown. Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania.................................................... D. viridipennis (Hope)

Figures

Figs. 1–12. Habitus of Dendrocellus species. 1) D. australis (male, Congo); 2) D. coelestinus (syntype); 3) D. coelestinus (type of D. paralellus); 4) D. confusus (male, Thailand); 5) D. crassus (male, Borneo); 6) D. elegans (male, New Guinea); 7) D. rugicollis (lectotype); 8) D. geniculatus (holotype); 9) D. geniculatus (holotype of D. gilsoni); 10) D. gestroi (lectotype); 11) D. inexpectus (holotype); 12) D. javanus (holotype). Scale line 5 2.0 mm.

Figs. 13–24. Habitus of Dendrocellus species. 13) D. kulti (male, Yunnan); 14) D. kulti (holotype of D. kulti reconditus); 15) D. micropectinatus (holotype); 16) D. nepalensis (male, Pedong, India); 17) D. nigripennis (holotype); 18) D. queenslandicus (holotype); 19) D. schultzei (lectotype); 20) D. sinicus (holotype); 21) D. smaragdinus (holotype); 22) D. ternatensis (holotype); 23) D. unidentatus (male, Java); 24) D. viridipennis (male, Congo). Scale line 5 2.0 mm.

Figs. 57–72. Tarsal claws of hind tarsi of Dendrocellus species and Drypta species. 57) D. rugicollis (lectotype); 58) D. elegans (male, New Guinea); 59) D. schultzei (lectotype); 60) D. sinicus (holotype); 61) D. inexpectus (holotype); 62) D. javanus (male, Java Occid., paratype); 63) D. nigripennis (holotype); 64) D. geniculatus (male, Tibet); 65) D. australis (male, Congo); 66) D. queenslandicus (holotype); 67) D. confusus (male, Thailand); 68) D. nepalensis (male, Pedong, India); 69) D. coelestinus (syntype); 70) D. micropectinatus (male paratype, Congo); 71) Drypta longicollis Macleay 1825 (male, Thailand); 72) Drypta lineola virgata Chaudoir 1850 (male, Vietnam). Scale line 5 0.1 mm.

Figs. 109–112. Dendrocellus bicoloripennis (holotype). 109) Habitus; scale line 5 2.0 mm. 110) Tarsal claws of right hind tarsus; scale line 5 0.1 mm. 111) Male genitalia, dorsal view; scale line 5 1.0 mm. 112) Male genitalia, left lateral view; scale line 5 1.0 mm. Note: The existence of this new species, D. bicoloripennis, became known to us, based on specimens provided by one of the reviewers, only after submission of our manuscript for publication. All figures for this species are presented together here to avoid reorganization and renumbering of all the other figures throughout the manuscript.