Anthobiomorphus, Shavrin & Smetana, 2020

Shavrin, Alexey V., 2022, A new species of the genus Anthobiomorphus Shavrin & Smetana, 2020 from Nepal (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini), Zootaxa 5128 (4), pp. 597-600 : 598

Key to species of Anthobiomorphus

1 Lateral edges of pronotum from middle indistinctly narrowed anteriad towards markedly protruding anterior angles. Aedeagus relatively narrow, parameres slightly exceeding apex of median lobe, as in Fig. 14 ( Shavrin & Smetana 2020). Body darkbrown to black. Body larger: 3.35–4.00 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 1 ( Shavrin & Smetana 2020). China (Yunnan)...................................................................................................... A. rougemonti

- Lateral edges of pronotum from middle distinctly narrowed anteriad towards slightly protruding apical angles. Aedeagus wider, parameres distinctly longer. Body paler and smaller.......................................................... 2

2 Elytra distinctly longer than broad. Parameres with narrow apical portion, significantly exceeding apex of median lobe ( Fig. 3 ). Body brown. Body length: 3.20 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 1 . Nepal...................................... A. alesi sp.n.

- Elytra slightly longer than broad. Parameres with wide apical portions, markedly exceeding apex of median lobe, as in Fig. 16 ( Shavrin & Smetana 2020). Body reddish-brown. Body length: 3.25–3.35 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 2 ( Shavrin & Smetana 2020). India (West Bengal), Nepal................................................................... A. makranczyi

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Habitus (Fig. 1), left maxilla (Fig. 2) and aedeagus (Figs. 3–4) of Anthobiomorphus alesi: 1–dorsal view, 2–ventral view, 3–parameral view, 4–lateral view. Scale bars (Fig. 1: 1.0 mm, Figs. 2–4: 0.1 mm).