Pseudorphnus

Frolov, Andrey V., Montreuil, Olivier & Akhmetova, Lilia A., 2016, Review of the Madagascan Orphninae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with a revision of the genus Triodontus Westwood, Zootaxa 4207 (1), pp. 1-93 : 13

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4207.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F2875582-31E2-496F-AEEF-1D657DD86C33

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6057632

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5B4FBD00-FFDD-6166-FF02-6084FA11FBAC

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Pseudorphnus
status

 

Key to the Pseudorphnus species (males)

1 Elytra without distinct striae, punctate on disc; elytral intervals almost flat....................................... 2

- Elytra with distinct striae, punctate or impunctate on disc; elytral intervals convex or flat.............................3

2 Frontoclypeus with transverse carina ( Figs. 5 View FIGURE 5 E–F), sculpture of frontoclypeus smooth; parameres with less acute apices (in lateral view, Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 C).................................................................... P. carinatus Frolov

- Frontoclypeus with conical tubercle medially ( Figs. 6 View FIGURE 6 D–E), sculpture of frontoclypeus rugose; parameres with more acute apices somewhat depressed laterally (in lateral view, Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 C)................................... P. olsoufieffi Paulian

3 Elytra with densely punctate striae ( Figs. 7 View FIGURE 7 A, E); elytral intervals somewhat convex; pronotal horns of male directed upward and forward ( Figs. 7 View FIGURE 7 A–B); apices of parameres finger shaped ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 C); length 11–13 mm ............... P. hiboni Paulian

- Elytra almost impunctate on disc, with striae visible as slightly elevated lines ( Figs. 8 View FIGURE 8 A–C); elytral intervals almost flat; pronotal horns of male wider and directed upward ( Figs. 8 View FIGURE 8 B, D); apices of parameres hook-shaped (in lateral view ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 G); length 6.5–8.5 mm .................................................................. P. coquerelii (Fairmaire)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Orphnidae

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