Paralister Bickhardt, 1917

Lackner, Tomáš, 2016, Re-description of Margarinotus (Paralister) longus (Bickhardt, 1910) with a key to the species of the subgenus Paralister of the genus Margarinotus from the Balkans (Coleoptera, Histeridae, Histerinae), Zootaxa 4079 (1), pp. 103-118 : 113-114

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Key to the species of the subgenus Paralister Bickhardt, 1917 of the genus Margarinotus Marseul, 1853 from the Balkans

1. Elytral epipleuron impunctate or only with scattered microscopic punctures; elytra in most cases with red maculae; occasionally entirely reddish-brown ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 )........................... Margarinotus (Paralister) purpurascens (Herbst, 1792) View in CoL

1’. Elytral epipleuron always with dense punctures; elytra always entirely black, without red maculae ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 )............... 2

2. Lateral pronotal stria distanced from lateral pronotal margin, straight, often stopping short of pronotal base ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 ); body outline short, rounded..................................... Margarinotus (Paralister) ventralis (Marseul, 1854) View in CoL ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 )

2’. Lateral pronotal stria always slightly sinuate ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 ), never straight, not particularly distanced from the lateral pronotal margin; body outline usually more elongate................................................................... 3

3. Marginal prosternal stria not attaining suture between prosternal keel and lobe ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 )............................... 4

3’. Marginal pronotal stria attains suture between prosternal lobe and keel ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 )................................... 5

4. Apical pronotal angles with distinct punctures ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 ); smaller species, PEL: 4.50–6.00 mm.............................................................................. Margarinotus (Paralister) ignobilis (Marseul, 1854) View in CoL ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 )

4’. Apical pronotal angles impunctate; large species, PEL: 8.00 mm. Margarinotus (Paralister) longus ( Bickhardt, 1910) View in CoL ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 )

5. Prosternal keel with distinct carinal prosternal striae ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 ); punctures of pygidium large and dense, separated by less than their diameter ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 )............................. Margarinotus (Paralister) punctiventer (Marseul, 1854) View in CoL ( Fig. 15 View FIGURE 15 )

5’. Prosternal keel without carinal prosternal striae ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 ), at most these are faintly impressed between procoxae; punctures of pygidium not so dense, separated by their own to several times their diameters ( Fig. 17 View FIGURE 17 )............................. 6

6. Shortly oval, round species, PEL usually shorter than 4.50 mm; 4th dorsal elytral stria usually not reaching ¾ elytral length basally; aedeagus with large basal piece ( Fig. 18); median lobe and armature ( Fig. 19 View FIGURE 19 ).................................................................................. Margarinotus (Paralister) carbonarius (Illiger, 1798) View in CoL ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 )

6’. Oval, elongate species, PEL usually larger than 4.50 mm; 4th dorsal elytral stria usually surpassing ¾ of elytral length basally, occasionally almost complete; aedeagus with smaller basal piece ( Fig. 21); median lobe and armature ( Fig. 22 View FIGURE 22 )............................................................... Margarinotus (Paralister) neglectus (Germar, 1813) View in CoL ( Fig. 20)