Karekizo, Morimoto, 1962

Lewis, Jake H., 2023, A new species of Karekizo Morimoto, 1962 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) from the Alishan Mountains of Taiwan and a first record of Karekizo impressicollis outside Japan, Zootaxa 5277 (2), pp. 381-387 : 386

A key to the species of Karekizo

1 Tufts of erect scales along third elytral intervals unicolorous (dark orange) ( Fig. 1 ); femora with distinct depression dorsally near mid-point ( Fig. 2F , 4A ); tooth on mid- and hind-femora large, distinct; sclerotized edges of aedeagus convergent in anterior half in dorsal view ( Fig. 2A )........................................................ K. depressus sp. n.

- Tufts of erect scales along third elytral interval alternating in color (dark and yellow) ( Fig. 5 ); femora without depression dorsally at mid-point ( Fig. 2E , 4B ); tooth on mid- and hind-femora small to absent; sclerotized edges of aedeagus parallel in dorsal view ( Fig. 2B )....................................................... .. K. impressicollis Morimoto, 1962

Figures

FIGURE 1. Karekizo depressus sp. n. (pre-dissection holotype male). A) Lateral. B) Dorsal.

FIGURE 2. A) Karekizo depressus sp. n. aedeagus. B) Karekizo impressicollis Morimoto, 1962 aedeagus. C) K. depressus pronotum (micro-ct). D) K. impressicollis pronotum. E) K. impressicollis forefemur. F) K. depressus forefemur.

FIGURE 4. A) Karekizo depressus sp. n. forefemur. B) Karekizo impressicollis Morimoto, 1962 forefemur.

FIGURE 5. Karekizo impressicollis Morimoto, 1962 (JHL_KAR_016). A) Lateral. B) Dorsal.