Paratrichapus Scott

Lawrence, John F., 2019, The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement, Zootaxa 4555 (4), pp. 451-490 : 484

Key to the Australian Species of Paratrichapus Scott

(modified from Souza-Gonçalves et al., 2018)

1. Metatibia with fewer than 10 spines; pronotum much darker in colour than reddish elytra with somewhat finer and slightly sparser punctation; interspaces smooth and shiny, those on pronotum with a metallic sheen; Christmas Island................................................................................. .. P. christmasensis Souza-Gonçalves et al.

- Metatibia with more than 10 spines; pronotum, IF with metallic sheen, THEN not darker than elytra.................... 2

2(1). Elytral punctation very coarse and dense; pronotal punctation much finer and sparser, and interspaces with distinct metallic sheen; northern QLD.................................................... P. metallonotum Souza-Gonçalves et al.

- Elytral punctation finer and sparser; pronotum without metallic sheen............................................ 3

3(2). Posteriormost portion of elytra with dense vestiture of erect, stout setae; length at least 2.00 mm; central coastal NSW............................................................................... P. burwelli Souza-Gonçalves et al.

- Posteriormost portion of elytra with sparse vestiture of slender setae; length always less than 2.00 mm.................. 4

4(3). Metatibia four times as long as wide; pronotal punctation distinctly finer and somewhat sparser than elytral punctation; Tasmania and Victoria to southern QLD................................... P. australis Souza-Gonçalves et al. ( Fig. 45–46 )

- Metatibia three times as long as wide; pronotal punctation about as coarse and dense as elytral punctation; Lord Howe Island......................................................................... P. peckorum Souza-Gonçalves et al.

Figures

FIGURES 31–45. habitus: 31–32, Cis prominens sp. nov.: 31, male, dorsal (1.4 mm); 32, female, lateral (1.3 mm); 33–34, Cis pycnostictus sp. nov. 33, male, dorsal (1.3 mm); 34, female, dorsal (1.5 mm); 35–37, Cis rhaibocerus sp. nov.: 35, male, dorsal (2.7 mm); 36, male, lateral; 37, female, dorsal (2.4 mm); 38–39, Notapterocis acutus sp. nov.: 38, male, anterodorsal (1.4 mm); 39, female, dorsal (1.3 mm); 40, Notapterocis nesiotes sp. nov., female, dorsal (1.3 mm); 41–42, Orthocis flavipennis (Pic): 41, female, dorsal (1.8 mm); 42, same, lateral; 43–44. Orthocis inordinatus sp. nov.: 43, female, dorsal (2.6 mm); 44, same, lateral; 45, Paratrichapus australis Souza-Gonçalves et al.: 45, dorsal (1.70 mm). Fig. 45 from Lawrence (2016) (as Paratrichapus sp.).

FIGURES 46–48. habitus: 46, Paratrichapus australis Souza-Gonçalves et al., lateral; 47, Scolytocis australimontensis Souza-Gonçalves & Lopes-Andrade, dorsal; 48, Xylographella frithae Souza-Gonçalves & Lopes-Andrade, dorsal. Figs 49–50, Cis latemarginatus sp. nov., male head: 49, dorsal, showing vertexal sex patch; 50, ventral, showing gular pores. Figs 51–52, first abdominal ventrite of male: 51, Cis howensis sp. nov.; 52, Orthocis flavipennis (Pic). Figs 53–70, aedeagi: 53, Cis apodemus sp. nov., aedeagus; 54, Cis bicolorellus sp. nov., aedeagus; 55, Cis bisericeus Lawrence, 2016, apex of tegmen; 56, Cis brachytrichus sp. nov., aedeagus; 57, Cis christmasensis sp. nov., aedeagus; 58, Cis densus sp. nov., aedeagus; 59, Cis depressus sp. nov. aedeagus; 60, Cis howensis sp. nov., aedeagus; 61. Cis incomptus sp. nov., aedeagus; 62, Cis latemarginatus sp. nov., aedeagus; 63, Cis macilentus sp. nov., aedeagus; 64, Cis occidentalis sp. nov., aedeagal apex; 65, Cis prominens sp. nov., aedeagus; 66, Cis pycnostictus sp. nov., aedeagus; 67–69, Cis rhaibocerus sp. nov.: 67, tegmen; 68, tegminal apex; 69, penis; 70, Notapterocis acutus sp. nov., aedeagal apex. Figs 46–48 from Lawrence (2016) (as Paratrichapus sp., Scolytocis sp. and Xylographella sp.).