Nemozoma undetermined

Kippenhan, Michael G., 2023, A New Species of Nemozoma Latreille (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Trogossitidae) from Honduras, The Coleopterists Bulletin 77 (4), pp. 619-628 : 624-625

KEY TO NEMOZOMA SPECIES OF NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

1. Prosternal intercoxal process strongly compressed; brachelytrous, apex of the elytron folded ventrally; elytral epipleuron incomplete ......................................................... 2

1′. Prosternal process not compressed; elytra extended to apex of elytra or not, apex normal; epipleuron complete.................................... 3

2. Length ~ 3.5 mm; elytron punctate in basal third only.......................... N. mollis (Sharp)

2′. Length ~5.0 mm; elytron punctate over entire surface ................. N. championi (Wickham)

3. Frontoclypeus trisinuate; elytral punctures seriate; elytra unicolored....... N. fenyesi Van Dyke

3′. Frontoclypeus bilobed, with or without projections; elytral punctures non-seriate or loosely seriate; elytra unicolored or with distinct contrasting color patch........................ 4

4. Antenna with 10 antennomeres..................... .................................. N. attenuata Van Dyke

4′. Antenna with 11 antennomeres................... 5

5. Elytron with two white patches: a narrow humeral patch extending obliquely to suture in anterior third and a triangular patch in apical half .................................... N. signata Sharp

5′. Elytron unicolored or, if contrasting color patch present in humeral area, not as above..............6

6. Brachelytrous, with 2 or more abdominal tergites exposed; elytron with one yellowish basal patch and one yellowish apical patch ... ................................... N. schwarzi Schaeffer

6′. Elytra complete, covering abdomen; elytron with contrasting basal patch only................ 7

7. Pronotum bicolored: piceous in anterior half, orange in posterior half ..... N. fissicEps (Fall)

7′. Pronotum unicolored................................... 8

8. Punctures on frons and vertex large, deep, approximately three times longer than wide, closely spaced ( Fig. 4A ); antennomere 11 longer than wide ( Fig. 2A )............................ .............. N. woodi Kippenhan , new species

8′. Punctures on frons and vertex small to medium, approximately two times longer than wide ( Figs. 4B, C ), loosely spaced; antennomere 11 subquadrate, length and width approximately subequal .................................. 9

9. Head with median longitudinal sulcus narrow ( Fig. 4C ); total length 4.6–5.9 mm ............... ............................... N. punctulata Van Dyke

9′. Head with median longitudinal sulcus wide, deep ( Fig. 4B ); total length 5.6–7.4 mm ....... .................................... N. cupressi Van Dyke

Figures

Fig. 4. Heads of adult Nemozoma species. A) N. woodi, new species (holotype, BYUC), B) N. fissiceps (ODA), C) N. punctulata (ODA). Scale bar is for images A–C.

Fig. 2. Adult structures of Nemozoma woodi, new species, paratype (MGKC). A) Left antennal club, B) Left protibia (ts = tibial spur, tsp = tibial spine), C) Mentum. Scale bar is for A–C.