Philippistenia, Botero & Vives, 2021

Botero, Juan Pablo & Vives, Eduard, 2021, Philippistenia, a new Disteniini genus from the Philippines (Coleoptera: Disteniidae), Zootaxa 5047 (4), pp. 465-476 : 468

Key to species of Philippistenia gen. nov.

1. Antennae unicolourous; humeri finely granulated laterally; scutellum surrounded by dark area; anterior third of each elytron with a dark area medially............................................. Philippistenia levitemporalis ( Heller, 1924)

- Antennomeres III distinctly darker than other antennomeres, IV–XI slightly darker on apical half; humeri granulated or not, scutellum not surrounded by dark area; anterior third of elytra without dark area medially............................ 2

2(1). Body brownish; ventral region of body black; base of elytra with coarse and dense punctures; meso- and metatibiae yellowish................................................................... Philippistenia halconensis ( Vives, 2012)

- Body reddish brown; ventral region of body reddish brown to dark brown; base of elytra with finer and sparser punctures; meso- and metatibiae brown to reddish brown.................................. Philippistenia heterotarsalis ( Heller, 1923)