Asydates ruficauda, (Blaisdell)

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

8(5 ʹ). Setal fringe of pronotum ( Fig. 16C–D ) with some long, laterally projecting setae; male abdominal ventrite 1 ( Fig. 19B ) with a distinct median patch of dense pale setae ......... 8. A. ruficauda (Blaisdell)

8 ʹ. Setal fringe of pronotum ( Figs. 16E–F , 17 ) lacking long projecting setae; male abdominal ventrite 1 with a less distinct median patch of dense pale setae .............. 9

Figures

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

Fig. 19. Asydates species, ventral view of male abdomen showing dense, white setae concentrated medially on ventrite 1. A) A. kumeyaay, B) A. ruficauda.

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