Kenocoelus, Broun, 1911

Nomura, Shûhei & Leschen, Richard A. B., 2015, Myrmecophilous Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from New Zealand, The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (1), pp. 121-152 : 121-152

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF KENOCOELUS

1. Body larger (more than 1.7 mm in male); male abdominal sternite IV with a pair of large, indistinctly shaped concavities ( Fig. 2D, G, J ); sternite V with a pair of large, deep concavities just behind concavities on sternite IV, each concavity without median apodeme ( Fig. 2G, J )..................... K. dimorphus Broun

1′. Body smaller (less than 1.7 mm in male), male abdominal sternite IV with a pair of small, semicircular concavities ( Fig. 2E, F, H, I, K, L ); male sternite V with a pair of large, deep concavities just behind concavities on sternite IV, each concavity with median apodeme ( Fig. 2E, F, H, I, K, L ) .................................... 2

2. Male sternite IV with a pair of small projections at center of each semicircular concavity ( Fig. 2K )......... K. mikonuiensis new species

2′. Male sternite IV without projections at center of each semicircular concavity ( Fig. 2L ) ...... ..................................... K. johni new species

Figures

Fig. 2. Kenocoelus species. A) K. dimorphus, ventral view, B) K. mikonuiensis, ventral view, C) K. johni, ventral view, D) K. dimorphus, abdominal sternites IV–V, ventral view, E) K. mikonuiensis, abdominal sternites IV–V, ventral view, F) K. johni, abdominal sternites IV–V, ventral view, G and J) K. dimorphus, left concavities on abdominal sternites IV–V, H and K) K. mikonuiensis, left concavities on abdominal sternites IV–V, I and L) K. johni, left concavities on abdominal sternites IV–V.