Glaresis, Erichson, 1848

Gordon, Robert D. & Hanley, Guy A., 2014, Systematic revision of American Glaresidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Insecta Mundi 2014 (333), pp. 1-91 : 12

Key to species of Glaresis - Phoenicis group

1. Apical metatrochanteral border with 3 or 4 small teeth; posterior margin of metafemur with long, strong tooth next to trochanter ( Fig. 11G ) ............................... G. clypeata Van Dyke

— Metatrochanteral border without teeth, sometimes appearing serrate; posterior margin of metafemur without strong tooth, may have blunt angulation ................................................ 2

2(1). Head surface punctate from clypeal apex to posterior eye margin; anterior clypeal margin with low tubercle or swelling on each side of median emargination ( Fig. 8B ) ................................... ............................................................................................................... G. dakotensis Gordon

— Head surface tuberculate, tubercles moderate to strong; anterior clypeal margin lacking tubercle or swelling on each side of middle (except G. imitator ) ............................................................ 3

3(1). Posterosuperior margin of metafemur with a single tooth ( Fig. 10G ); tubercles on head large, dense; apical clypeal tubercles large, pronounced ( Fig. 10B ); lateral metatibial margin with teeth mostly equal in length except single median tooth pronounced (Fig.) ............................ ................................................................................................................... G. medialis Gordon

— Teeth absent on posterosuperior margin of metatafemur; tubercles on head small, sparse, or large, dense; apical clypeal tubercles small or large; lateral metatibial margin without pronounced median tooth ( Fig.10F ) .............................................................................................................. 4

4(3). Posterior metafemoral margin with blunt, angulate tooth next to trochanter ( Fig. 7F ) .......... 6

— Posterior metafemoral margin without angulate tooth ( Fig. 5F ) ............................................... 5

5(4). Metatrochanteral border without teeth; median lobe of male genitalia narrowed medially, appearing “pinched” ( Fig. 5E ); in California known from Imperial and San Bernardino Counties .......... ................................................................................................................. G. montenegro , n. sp.

— Metatrochanteral border with 3 small, blunt teeth; ( Fig. 6G ); median lobe of male genitalia with sides straight in basal 2/3, evenly curved to apex in apical 1/3 ( Fig. 6F ); known only from type locality, Riverside Co., California ................................................................. G. yanegai , n. sp .

6(4). Clypeal apex with large, strong tubercle on each side of median emargination ( Fig. 9B ); Mexico, Sonora ........................................................................................................... G. imitator , n. sp. — Clypeal apex without tubercle on each side of median emargination ( Fig. 7B ); Arizona, California ........................................................................................................................ G. phoenicis Fall

Figures

Figures 5A-5G. Glaresis montenegro, new species. A) Habitus view. B) Clypeus and head surface. D) Metasternum and mesotibia. C) Pronotal surface. E) Male genitalia. F) Metaleg and trochanter, dorsal view. G) Metaleg and trochanter, ventral view.

Figures 6A-6H. Glaresis yanegai, new species. A) Habitus view. B) Clypeus and head surface. C) Pronotal surface. D) Metasternum and mesotibia. E) Elytral striae. F) Male genitalia. G) Metaleg and trochanter, dorsal view. H) Metaleg and trochanter, ventral view.

Figures 7A-7G. Glaresis phoenicis Fall. A) Habitus view. B) Clypeus and head surface. C) Pronotal surface. D) Metasternum and mesotibia. E) Male genitalia. F) Metaleg and trochanter, dorsal view. G) Metaleg and trochanter, ventral view.

Figures 8A-8G. Glaresis dakotensis Gordon. A) Habitus view. B) Clypeus and head surface. C) Pronotal surface. D) Metasternum and mesotibia. E) Male genitalia. F) Metaleg and trochanter, dorsal view. G) Metaleg and trochanter, ventral view.

Figures 9A-9G. Glaresis imitator, new species. A) Habitus view. B) Clypeus and head surface. C) Elytral striae. D) Metasternum and mesotibia. E) Male genitalia. F) Metaleg and trochanter, dorsal view. G) Metaleg and trochanter, ventral view.

Figures 10A-10G. Glaresis medialis Gordon. A) Habitus view. B) Clypeus and head surface. C) Elytral striae. D) Metasternum and mesotibia. E) Male genitalia. F) Metaleg and trochanter, dorsal view. G) Metaleg and trochanter, ventral view.

Figures 11A-11H. Glaresis clypeata Van Dyke. A) Habitus view. B) Clypeus and head surface. C) Elytra. D) Metasternum and mesotibia. E) Elytral striae. F) Male genitalia. G) Metaleg and trochanter, dorsal view. H) Metaleg and trochanter, ventral view.