Lesteva

Shavrin, Alexey V., 2016, New taxonomic and faunistic data on the Himalayan Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae), Zootaxa 4205 (2), pp. 143-150 : 149

Key to Lesteva of the Himalayas

1 Eyes small, one and half times longer than temples. Parameres very short, aedeagus as in Shavrin (2015a: Figs. 10, 12). Reddish brown to dark brown. Body length: 3.70‾ 4.20 mm. Pakistan, India (Kashmir)..... L. (s.str.) brevipennis Cameron, 1941

- Eyes larger, twice or more than twice as long as the temples. Parameres longer....................................2

2 Antennae long and slender, antennomeres 3‾8 about three times longer than width ( Shavrin 2015a: Fig. 9). Aedeagus as in Shavrin (2015a: Fig. 25‾26). Reddish brown to brown. Body length: 4.10‾ 4.50 mm. India (Uttarakhand)........................................................................................ L. (s.str.) torrentum Cameron, 1924

- Antennae more robust, antennomeres shorter................................................................3

3 Sutural length of elytra twice as long as pronotum or slightly longer............................................ 4

- Sutural length of elytra no more than twice of length of pronotum.............................................. 5

4 Eyes twice longer than temples. Aedeagus wide and short, with wide, short parameres ( Shavrin 2012: Figs 5‾6). Apical emargination of male abdominal sternite VIII with medial protrusion (Shavrin 2015: Fig. 15). Body length: 3.90‾5.00 mm. Pakistan, North India , Nepal...................................................... L. (s.str.) championi Lohse, 1982

- Eyes two and half times the length of the temples. Aedeagus narrower and longer, with narrower and longer parameres ( Figs. 1 ‾2). Apical emargination of male abdominal sternite VIII without medial protrusion. Body length: 3.95 mm. India (Kashmir)............................................................................... L. (s.str.) steeli Lohse, 1982

5 Elytra with moderately marked smoothed humeral angles, with distinct longitudinal impression in anterior third; hind wings reduced. Parameres not reaching apex of median lobe ( Shavrin 2015a: Figs 21‾24). Reddish brown to brown. Body length: 3.80‾ 4.30 mm. Nepal...................................................... L. (s.str.) hartmanni Shavrin, 2015

- Elytra wider, without longitudinal impression; hind wings fully developed. Parameres extending beyond apex of median lobe................................................................................................... 6

6 Body dark brown, legs bicoloured: tibiae and apex of femur reddish brown to dark brown, femori reddish brown......... 7

- Body black to reddish brown, legs completely yellow-brown. Aedeagus as in Shavrin 2012 (Figs 3‾4). Body length: 3.10–3.90 mm. Nepal.................................................................. L. (s.str.) jaegeri Shavrin, 2012

7 Pronotum distinctly wider than long. Elytra twice longer than pronotum, about same length as width. Body length: 3.20‾4.30. Aedeagus as in Shavrin (2012), Figs 1 ‾2. North India , Nepal........................ L. (s.str.) fluviata Champion, 1920

- Pronotum slightly wider than long. Elytra shorter, slightly wider than length. Body length: 3.82 mm. India (Kashmir).............................................................................. L. (s.str.) kargilensis Cameron, 1934

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 2. Aedeagus of L. (s. str.) steeli: 1 — parameral view, 2 — lateral view. Scale bar: 0.2 mm.