Asydates inexpectatus

Mayor, Adriean J. & Gimmel, Matthew L., 2019, Revision of the Soft-Winged Flower Beetles of the Genus Asydates Casey, 1895 (Coleoptera: Melyridae: Dasytinae: Listrini), The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 17) 73, pp. 1-71 : 7

9(8 ʹ). Male abdominal ventrites orange to yellowbrown .................... 11. A. inexpectatus Mayor and Gimmel , new species

9 ʹ. Male abdominal ventrites black or with only ventrite 5 pale ...................... 10

10(9 ʹ). Pronotum less transverse ( Fig. 17A–D ), averaging more than 0.80 times as long as wide, with lateral edges distinctly convergent anteriorly; median lobe of aedeagus ( Figs. 26E , 27E ) with apex straight; Colorado Plateau in Utah and Great Basin Desert of California and Nevada ...................................... 11

10 ʹ. Pronotum more transverse ( Fig. 16E–F ), averaging about 0.75 times as long as wide, with lateral edges not distinctly convergent

Figures

Fig. 17. Asydates species, pronota. A. washoe: A) Male, B) Female. A. phantasma: C) Male, D) Female. A. inexpectatus: E) Male.

Fig. 26. Asydates species, median lobe of aedeagus, right lateral view. A. ruficauda: A) CA: Riverside Co.: Lake Elsinore, B) CA: Riverside Co.: Sycamore Canyon Park, C) CA: Inyo Co.: Westgard Pass Road, D) UT: Washington Co.: Lytle Preserve. E) A. washoe, NV: Lyon Co.: 7.2 km south of Sweetwater Summit on Highway 338, F) A. inexpectatus, CA: San Bernardino Co.: 1.6 km north of Hodge. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 27. Asydates species, median lobe of aedeagus, right lateral view. A. vandykei: A) CA: Alameda Co.: Irvington, B) CA: Fresno Co.: Monvero Dunes, C) CA: Ventura Co.: Highway 33 near Wheeler Springs, D) CA: Ventura Co.: Highway 33 near Wheeler Springs. E) A. phantasma, UT: Emery Co.: Woodside. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 16. Asydates species, pronota. A. shoshone: A) Male, B) Female. A. ruficauda: C) Male, D) Female. A. vandykei: E) Male, F) Female.