Phellopsis

Foley, Ian A. & Ivie, Michael A., 2008, A revision of the genus Phellopsis LeConte (Coleoptera: Zopheridae), Zootaxa 1689, pp. 1-28 : 8-9

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.180605

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6235452

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/753687D8-FFB9-FFA4-1DC1-7D7CFA01FE1C

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Plazi

scientific name

Phellopsis
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Key to the Species of Phellopsis View in CoL View at ENA

1 Lateral margin of elytra appearing smooth in dorsal view ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 A–B); North America. ......................... 2

- Lateral margin of elytra appearing serrate in dorsal view ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 , 4 View FIGURE 4 A–D); Asia ........................................ 3

2 Hypomeron lacking intertuberculate setae ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 C); lateral margin of pronotum strongly bisinuate in lateral view; elytral punctures large, discal tubercles less than ¼ diameter of puncture; posterior margin of prointercoxal process straight to weakly concave. Eastern North America. ............... P. obcordata (Kirby)

- Hypomeron with dense setae between tubercles ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 D); lateral margin of pronotum arcuate to weakly bisinuate in lateral view; elytral punctures small, discal tubercles about ½ diameter of punctures; posterior margin of prointercoxal process bisinuate. Western North America............................ P. porcata (LeConte)

3 Outer margin of suprantennal ridge emarginate; head between frons with very large tubercles ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 B); gula at narrowest point approximately 0.2X the width of the apex of the submentum ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 A). Japan...... ............................................................................................................................................ P. suberea Lewis

- Outer margin of suprantennal ridge straight to convex ( Figs. 6 View FIGURE 6 A, C, D); head between frons with at most small indistinct tubercles ( Figs. 6 View FIGURE 6 A, C, D); gula approximately 0.65X width of the apex of the submentum ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 B). Mainland Asia...................................................................................................................... 4

4 Elytral humerus with nearly 90° notch ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 A, 4A); striae with linear series of rounded punctures; sub-

gena with raised tubercles. Russian Far East and Korean Peninsula. ....................... P. amurensis (Heyden) - Elytral humerus rounded or flattened but not distinctly notched ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 B–D, 4B–D); striae with irregular punctures; subgena with indistinct, flat tubercles ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 B) ........................................................................ 5

5 Setae of pronotal disc broad, scale-like, golden ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 A); elytral disc irregularly squarrose; ventrites with very large flat tubercles ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 E); pronotal disc between and anterior to lyriform ridges lacking distinct tubercles; disc of hypomeron with intertuberculate setae. Central China. ............. P. chinensis (Semenow)

- Setae of pronotal disc narrow, hair-like, red ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 B); elytral disc plain and striate; ventrites with smaller tubercles ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 F); pronotal disc between and anterior to lyriform ridges with distinct tubercles; disc of hypomeron lacking intertuberculate setae. Western China. .................. P. yulongensis Foley and Ivie n.sp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Zopheridae

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