Platydracus brachycerus, Smetana & Davies, 2000
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.5.2 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10517249 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D287F1-D56E-857F-FADA-FCD12DB2FAA8 |
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Key to species of the Platydracus brachycerus View in CoL group
1 Body brownish to blackish; abdominal tergites VII and VIII without golden pubescent patches....................... 2
- Body bicolored with elytra and basal part of abdomen reddish; abdominal tergites VII and VIII each with golden pubescent patch......................................................................................... P. donnyi View in CoL
2 Body with copper reflection; head with punctures very dense, but not contiguous, separated by less than a puncture diameter in transverse direction; tarsomere 5 of anterior leg 1.85–1.98 times as long as wide........................... P. smetanai
- Body without copper reflection; head with punctures relatively sparse, separated by about 1–2 puncture diameters in transverse direction; tarsomere 5 of anterior leg 3.15–3.58 times as long as wide............................................ 3
3 Head shorter, HW/HL: 1.21–1.26; antennomeres 5–11 with dense pubescence......................................4
- Head longer, HW/HL: 1.09–1.20; antennomeres 4–11 with dense pubescence...................................... 5
4 Pronotum with lateral sides distinctly curved inward in apical half; elytra with indistinct golden setae along posterior margin; aedeagal paramere slender with one seta at apex...................................................... P. gracilis
- Pronotum with lateral sides indistinctly curved inward in apical half; elytra with distinct golden setae along posterior margin; aedeagal paramere broad without setae at apex................................................... P. paragracilis
5 Head with temples more prominent and punctation coarser; pronotum shorter; aedeagal paramere long and bilobed with long setae at apex................................................................................ P. brachycerus View in CoL
- Head with temples less prominent and punctation finer; pronotum longer; aedeagal paramere short and unbranched without setae at apex.................................................................................... P. juang View in CoL
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