Ontholestes species

Rougemont, G. de, 2016, New Bornean Staphylinidae (Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (1), pp. 559-572 : 567-568

Key to the Ontholestes species of Borneo

1 Head, pronotum and elytra predominantly dark; head black with a brassy or dark bronze reflex; lateral and posterior margins of elytra more or less extensively reddish; eyes very large, occupying nearly the whole side of head ..................................................2

- Head, pronotum and elytra pale brown variegated with patches of short coppery pubescence and small flecks of silvery pubescence; eyes smaller, about twice as long as temples; habitus: Fig. 5h; aedoeagus: Figs 5al, 5av...................................... lowi nov.sp.

2 Legs entirely testaceous; head with a brassy reflex; fore-body variegated with short black and golden-brassy pubescence.......................................................... variegatus CAM.

- Femora and tibia of front and middle legs with black markings; fore-body variegated with short black and silvery pubescence .............................................................................3

3 Antennomeres VII-X short, transverse and asymmetrical.......................... borneensis CAM.

- Antennomeres VII-X dilated, but obconical and as long as broad; habitus: Fig. 6h; aedoeagus: Fig. 6 al, av ................................................................................. superbus BNH.