Hydrochus, Leach, 1817
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.2.2 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5E0D4DFD-181A-4AF0-9410-134FB410143C |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11391200 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FDFB47-6F49-FFD6-7DCB-F98E44C5FF0E |
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Plazi |
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Hydrochus |
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Key to the Moroccan species of Hydrochus View in CoL
1 Tube of aedeagus without visible flagellum ( Fig. 3A–D View FIGURE 3 )...................................................... 2
- Tube of aedeagus with flagellum ( Fig. 3E–L View FIGURE 3 )............................................................... 5
2 Left paramere with its apical expanded section short and truncate apically. ( Fig. 3A, C View FIGURE 3 )............................. 3
- Left paramere with its expanded apical section longer, and its external side rounded or sinuate. ( Fig. 3B–D View FIGURE 3 )............. 4
3 Median lobe narrow, bisinuate; apex dilated, asymmetrical, with a pointed flat expansion ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ).............. H. tariqi View in CoL
- Median lobe tubular, with a short sharp apical projection ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 )................................... H. flavipennis View in CoL
4 External side of left paramere apex with three strong sinuosities ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 )........................... H. cf. obtusicollis View in CoL
- External side of left paramere apex without strong sinuosities ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 )................................ H. angustatus View in CoL
5 Long flagellum ( Fig. 3E–H View FIGURE 3 )............................................................................. 6
- Short flagellum ( Fig. 3I–L View FIGURE 3 )............................................................................. 7
6 Flagellum long but not looped round the apical section of the aedeagus ( Fig. 3E, F View FIGURE 3 )........................ H. aljibensis View in CoL
- Flagellum looped round the apical section of the aedeagus ( Fig. 3G, H View FIGURE 3 )............................. H. smaragdineus View in CoL 7 Aedeagus length less 1 mm; parameres, in lateral view, strongly curved in the middle ( Fig. 3I, J View FIGURE 3 )........... H. grandicollis View in CoL
- Aedeagus length less than 1 mm; parameres, in lateral view, not curved in the middle ( Fig. 3K, L View FIGURE 3 )........... H. nitidicollis View in CoL
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