Ceratotrupes Jekel, 1865

Arriaga-Jiménez, Alfonsina, Zunino, Mario, Halffter, Gonzalo, Escobar-Hernández, Fernando & Rossini, Michele, 2023, A taxonomic review of the endemic Mexican genus Ceratotrupes Jekel, 1865 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Ceratotrupini), with the description of an unexpected new species from the Sierra Madre del Sur, European Journal of Taxonomy 885, pp. 1-20 : 16-17

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.885.2183

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A928AB6A-0029-4CEA-B941-C2238643835A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8182575

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Ceratotrupes Jekel, 1865
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Identification key to the species of the genus Ceratotrupes Jekel, 1865 View in CoL

1. Anterior half of lateral edges of pronotum curved ........................................................................... 2

– Anterior half of lateral edges of pronotum straight and convergent ................................................. 3

2. Anterior angles of pronotum of male evenly curved; outer surface of the first antennomere of antennal club with a deep elliptical groove ( Fig. 2C View Fig ); middle and posterior trochanters densely and clearly punctate ....................................................................... C. bolivari Halffter & Martínez, 1962 View in CoL

– Anterior angles of pronotum of male obtusely squared; outer surface of the first antennomer of antennal club either without or with a feeble groove; middle and posterior trochanters with scattered punctures ......................................................................................... C. fronticornis ( Erichson, 1847) View in CoL

3. Posteromedial edge of pronotum without margin ( Fig. 4C View Fig ); clypeal horn strong, as large as one third the distance between inner margin of eyes, tip medially depressed ( Fig. 4A, C View Fig ); anteromedial pronotal projection with parallel sides ( Fig. 4A, D View Fig ), apically almost as large as half the distance between inner margin of eyes, apical edge widely depressed, with lateral protrusions distant; elytral interstriae very finely and densely punctate ........................................................ C. gonzaloi View in CoL sp. nov.

– Posteromedial edge of pronotum margined ( Fig. 3C View Fig ); clypeal horn thin, as large as one fifth of the distance between inner margin of eyes, tip medially not depressed, narrow and blunt ( Fig. 3A, C View Fig ); anteromedial pronotal projection with convergent sides, apically almost as large as one third of the distance between inner margin of eyes, apical edge very narrowly depressed, with lateral protrusions very close; elytral interstriae unpunctured ................................... C. sturmi ( Jekel 1865) View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Geotrupidae

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