Proptomaphaginus, Szymczakowski, 1969

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2014, A review of the small carrion beetles and the round fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with descriptions of two new genera and 61 new species., Insecta Mundi 2014 (397), pp. 1-76 : 6

Key to species of male Proptomaphaginus of the West Indies

1. Paired apices of median lobe ( Fig. 5 ) straight in dorsal view. Cuba. P. darlingtoni (Jeannel)

— Paired apices of median lobe ( Fig. 3, 7, 10 ) inwardly curved in dorsal view .............................. 2

2(1). Parameres ( Fig. 4 ) narrow in lateral view. Cuba....................... P. apodemus Szymczakowski

— Parameres ( Fig. 8, 11 ) broad in lateral view ................................................................................ 3

3(2). Parameres ( Fig. 8 ) straight in lateral view. Hispaniola ........................ P. hispaniolensis Peck

— Parameres ( Fig. 11 ) curved in lateral view. Puerto Rico........................ P. puertoricensis Peck

Figures

Figures 2–11. Genitalic structures of Eucatops and Proptomaphaginus. 2) Spermatheca of E. annulus. 3, 4) Aedeagus, ventral and lateral views, of P.apodemus (from Szymczakowski 1969). 5, 6) Aedeagus, dorsal and lateral views, of P. darlingtoni (from Peck 1970). 7, 8, 9) Aedeagus, dorsal, lateral and ventral views of P. hispaniolensis (from Peck 1983). 10, 11) Aedeagus, dorsal and lateral views of P. puertoricensis. Scale line = 0.15 mm, Fig. 2; 0.30 mm, Fig. 3–11.