Neoapterocis, Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano, 2007

Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano, 2007, Neoapterocis, a new genus of apterous Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Chile and Mexico, Zootaxa 1481, pp. 35-47 : 39-40

Key to males of the species of Neoapterocis gen. nov.

1 Frontoclypeal ridge with two small tubercles ( Figs. 1–3 , arrows). Apical lobes of tegmen simple ( Fig. 6 ). Chile............................................................................................................. Neoapterocis chilensis sp. nov.

- Frontoclypeal ridge simple. Apical lobes of tegmen each with a small deep emargination at the outer edge ( Fig. 13 , arrows). Mexico......................................................................... Neoapterocis mexicanus sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 3. Neoapterocis chilensis sp. nov., male holotype. 1. Dorsal view. 2. Lateral view. 3. Ventral view. Note the small tubercles in the frontoclypeal ridge (arrows).

FIGURES 4 – 6. Neoapterocis chilensis sp. nov. 4. Antenna. 5. From left to right, anterior, median and posterior tibiae and part of tarsi. 6. Male genitalia showing the tegmen (teg) and median lobe (ml).

FIGURES 13 – 14. Neoapterocis mexicanus sp. nov. 13. Male genitalia showing the tegmen (teg) and median lobe (ml). The dashed line delimits the apex of the median lobe. Arrows indicate the lateral-apical emarginations of tegmen. 14. Female genitalia showing the spiculum ventrale (sv), gonostyli (gs), gonocoxites (gc), paraprocts (pp), proctiger (pt), transverse bacula of basal gonocoxites (b. gc.), bacula of paraprocts (b. pp) and bacula of proctiger (b. pt). The dashed line (arrows) indicates the apex of proctiger.