Neocollyris, Horn, 1901

Wiesner, Jürgen, Bandinelli, Aligi & Matalin, Andrey, 2017, Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) of Vietnam. 135. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelinae, Insecta Mundi 2017 (589), pp. 1-131 : 14-15

Key to the species of subgenus Neocollyris

1.

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Aedeagus rounded distally; apophysal process of female apical sternum strongly divergent from the base ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Aedeagus pointed distally; apophysal process of female apical sternum parallel, not divergent

..................................................................................................................................................... 3 2(1).

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Labrum as long as wide; aedeagus strongly curved in the apical part ........................................ .................................................................................... 45. N. (N.) ru fi palpis (Chaudoir, 1864)

Labrum wider than long; aedeagus not strongly curved in the apical part ................................ ................................................................................................ 44. N. (N.) similis (Lesne, 1891)

3(1).

― Metatibiae completely dark .......................................................................................................... 4 Metatibiae completely or partly pale ........................................................................................... 5

4(3).

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Elytra bright blue ................................. 32. N. (N.) bonellii bonellii (Guérin-Méneville, 1834) Elytra black, with metallic reflections .......................... 39. N. (N.) intermedia Naviaux, 1994

5(3).

― Metatibiae completely pale, of same color as metafemora ...........................................................

........................................................................ 40. N. (N.) fuscitarsis (Schmidt-Goebel, 1846) Metatibiae partly pale .................................................................................................................. 6

6(5).

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Pronotum with deep transverse furrows ................... 41. N. (N.) pseudosignata ( Horn, 1902) Pronotum smooth or with shallow furrows ................................................................................. 7

7(6).

― Elytra slender, more than three times longer than wide ........................................................... 8 Elytra stout, less than three times longer than wide ..... 42. N. (N.) compacta Naviaux, 1994

8(7).

― Elytra black, with or without metallic reflections ....................................................................... 9 Elytra blue, blue green or violet ................................................................................................. 10

9(8).

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Elytra black, parallel sided .............................................. 36. N. (N.) stiengensis ( Horn, 1914) Elytra black with metallic reflections, enlarged in apical fourth .................................................

................................................................. 38. N. (N.) orichalcina orichalcina (Horn, 1896)

10(8).

― Pronotum short, less than two times longer than wide ........ 43. N. (N.) deuvei Naviaux, 1991 Pronotum long, more than two times longer than wide ........................................................... 11

11(10). Pronotum elongate, with long collum ........................................................................................ 12

― Pronotum short, no collum presented ........................................................................................ 13

12(11). Femora light brownish .............................. 33. N. (N.) moesta moesta (Schmidt-Goebel, 1846)

― Femora dark brownish ................................................ 34. N. (N.) moesta fusca Naviaux, 1994

13(11). Distal six antennomeres pale; metatibiae pale at its distal tip only ............................................ .............................................................................. 37. N. (N.) impressifrons (Chaudoir, 1864)

― Distal six antennomeres dark; distal fourth of metatibiae pale ................................................... .......................................................................... 35. N. (N.) cruentata (Schmidt-Goebel, 1846)