Synaptus

Jarzabek-Müller, Andrea, Morinière, Jérôme, Varandi, Hassan Barimani & Müller, Jörg, 2017, Synaptus iranicus sp. nov., a second species of the genus Synaptus Eschscholtz, 1829 from Iran (Coleoptera: Elateridae) discovered by an integrative approach, Zootaxa 4232 (4), pp. 568-574 : 571

Key to the Iranian species of the genus Synaptus

1. Body flattened on disc (Fig. 4); apex of parameres not sinuate ( Fig. 6 ); sclerotized plates of female genitalia asymmetric ( Fig. 8 a, b)........................................................................... Synaptus iranicus sp. nov.

- Body not flattened on disc (Fig. 5); apex of parameres sinuate ( Fig. 7 ); sclerotized plates of female genitalia symmetric ( Fig. 9 )....................................................................................... S. filiformis Fab.

Figures

FIGURES 6 – 9. Genitalia of Synaptus species. 6. Aedeagus, Synaptus iranicus sp. nov., ventral view, holotype (scale bar 1 mm). 7. Aedeagus, Synaptus filiformis F. (scale bar 1 mm). 8 a, b. Sclerites of bursa copulatrix, Synaptus iranicus sp. nov., paratype (scale bar 0.5 mm). 9. Sclerites of bursa copulatrix, Synaptus filiformis F. (scale bar 0.5 mm).