Compsodactylus

Fuhrmann, Juares, 2012, Compsodactylus, a new South American genus with one new species and two new combinations (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), Zootaxa 3577 (1), pp. 43-57 : 45

Key to species of Compsodactylus

1. Body not dorsoventrally flattened; posterior area of clypeus with denticle-like setae; elytral striae strongly punctate....... 2

1’ Body dorsoventraly flattened; posterior area of clypeus without denticle-like setae; elytral striae shallowly and irregularly punctate. Bolivia (Cochabamba)............................................................ C. parvulus (Frey)

2(1) Pronotum and elytra with green reflections, length 7–8 mm; male metafemur greatly enlarged ( Figs. 2 , 35 ). Peru (Apurímac)...................................................................................... C. martinezi (Frey)

2’ Body without green reflections, length about 6 mm; male metafemur slightly enlarged ( Fig. 8 ). Argentina (Salta, Tucumán).................................................................................... C. scabrosus Fuhrmann

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. 1, 2, 4, Compsodactylus martinezi male habitus (dorsal, lateral, head dorsolateral); 3, C. martinezi female habitus (lateral; arrow shows the posterior margin bordered); 5, 6, C. parvulus holotype female habitus (dorsal, lateral); 7, 8, C. scabrosus holotype male habitus (dorsal, lateral); 9, C. scabrosus female habitus (lateral).

FIGURES 28 – 39. 28 – 35, 37, Compsodactylus martinezi; 28 – 30, prothorax (frontal, posterior, ventral); 31, detail of hypomeron posterior arm; 32, male protarsomere I (internal); 33, male protibia and protarsus; 34, male mesotibia and mesotarsus; 35, male metafemur, metatibia, and metatarsus; 36, C. parvulus female metaleg; 37, C. martinezi male tibial apex; 38, C. parvulus female tibial apex; 39, C. scabrosus male tibial apex.