Currhaeus, Nascimento & Bressan & Bocakova, 2020

Nascimento, Elynton Alves Do, Bressan, Tamires Diniz & Bocakova, Milada, 2020, Currhaeus a new genus of net-winged beetles and phylogenetic analysis of Eurrhacini (Coleoptera: Lycidae: Lycinae), Zootaxa 4869 (3), pp. 387-403 : 399-400

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4869.3.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1C36A3EE-30F0-4302-8056-11D430225108

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4418424

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B87CB-FFF4-FFF8-FF79-F926FA49042F

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Plazi

scientific name

Currhaeus
status

 

Key to the species of Currhaeus

1. Apical 1/2 of elytra dark brown, basal 1/2 light brown with primary costae yellow ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 4–10 ). Distribution: Brazil (Espírito Santo state)............................................................................... C. striatus sp. nov.

- Elytra yellow with apical 1/2 to 1/4 brown................................................................. 2

2. Elytra yellow with distal 1/4 brown ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 4–10 ). Phallus apex with ellipsoid expansion ( Fig 12B View FIGURES 11–14 ). Distribution: Brazil (Paraná state)........................................................................... C. nigroapicalis sp. nov.

- Elytra yellow with apex brown and at least basal portion of elytral suture brown .................................... 3

3. Elytra yellow, with suture and distal half brown ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 4–10 ). Phallus apex subcylindrical ( Fig. 14B View FIGURES 11–14 ). Distribution: Mexico (Tabasco state)............................................................................ C. tabascencis sp. nov.

- Elytra yellow with basal 1/3 of suture and distal 1/3 brown.................................................... 4

4. Pronotum with lateral margins slightly convex ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 4–10 ), aedeagus with phallus and phallobase junction almost as wide as phallus width ( Fig. 15A, C View FIGURES 15–17 ). Distribution: Brazil (São Paulo state)...................................... C. ruschii sp. nov.

- Pronotum with lateral margins almost straight to slightly concave............................................... 5

5. Antennomeres 3 to 5 subequal in length, hind femur as long as tibia, 2.7× longer than trochanter length, junction between base of phallus and phallobase as wide as phallus width ( Fig. 13a View FIGURES 11–14 ). Phallus apex like goose head up ( Fig. 13A, B View FIGURES 11–14 ). Distribution: Panama (Chiriqui province)........................................................... C. championi sp. nov.

- Antennae with at least antennomere 3 shorter than antennomeres 4 and 5, hind femur as long as tibia, 3.6× longer than trochanter................................................................................................. 6

6. Antennomere 5, 1.8× longer than 4 and 1.5× longer than antennomere 3, maxillary palpomere 2 about 3× longer than palpomere 3, phallus apex with subhemispherical expansion, aedeagus with narrow junction between phallus and phallobase, ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 15–17 A-C). Distribution: Brazil (São Paulo state)................................................. C. polegattoi sp. nov.

- Antennomeres 4 as long as 5, 1.3× longer than antennomere 3 length, maxillary palpomere 2 twice longer than 3, phallus apex with spherical expansion, phallus–phallobase junction almost as wide as phallus width ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 15–17 ). Distribution: Brazil (Paraná state)............................................................................ C. paranaensis sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Lycidae

SubFamily

Lycinae

Tribe

Eurrhacini

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