Dialycera, : Luze, 1906

Shavrin, Alexey V. & Zanetti, Adriano, 2020, Revision of Acrulia Thomson, 1858 and Dialycera Ganglbauer, 1895, with taxonomic notes on related genera and description of a new genus from the Caucasus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Omaliini), Zootaxa 4800 (1), pp. 1-63 : 25

Key to species of the genus Dialycera

1 Pronotum and elytra with fine, but distinct setation. Aedeagus as in Fig. 55. Female accessory sclerite as in Figs. 65−66. Body length: 1.70−2.00 mm. Habitus as in Figs. 41−42. Aegean islands across Anatolia to Israel and Jordan........... D. aspera

- Dorsal surface glabrous or with barely visible, very sparse and short setation...................................... 2

2 Body parallel-sided, head clearly darker than pronotum. Aedeagus as Fig. 57. Female accessory sclerite as in Fig. 67. Body smaller: 1.53−1.80 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 43. Anatolia to Lebanon, Israel and Jordan, and to Armenia........... D. minuta

- Body with rounded lateral margins, head slightly darker than the rest of the body. Aedeagus as in Fig. 53. Female accessory sclerite as in Fig. 64. Body larger: 1.90−2.10 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 40. Iberian Peninsula, South France, Italy, Balkans (along the Adriatic Sea)......................................................................... D. distincticornis