Petalops, Amyot & Serville, 1843
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4985.4.9 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5075992 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/33319D3B-FFF6-1A26-FF55-CC174EF9FE91 |
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Plazi |
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Petalops |
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Key to known species of Petalops View in CoL
1 Antennal segments I–III black with or without basal joint of segments II–III pale yellow; antennal segment IV black with subbasal pale yellow ring or pale yellow with apical third black ( thoracicus group)................................... 2
- Antennal segments I–IV castaneous orange or pale yellowish orange ( distinguendus View in CoL group).......................... 9
2 Antennal segment IV pale yellow with apical third black; hind femora yellow with two black rings, one near midline, the second at apex; anterior lobe of pronotal disk with yellow transverse band which spreads along anterolateral margins ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 3–10 )...................................................................................... P. thoracicus (Thunberg)
- Antennal segment IV black with subbasal yellow ring........................................................ 3
3 Hind femora bicolored................................................................................. 4
- Hind femora unicolored................................................................................ 5
4 Hind femora with anterior half black, and posterior half yellowish orange; head dorsally pale yellow with antenniferous tubercles black; head ventrally, thorax, abdominal sterna and genital plates entirely pale yellow ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 3–10 )...................................................................................................... P. bellator Brailovsky View in CoL
- Hind femora with anterior half yellowish orange and posterior half black; head dorsally almost entirely black; head ventrally, thorax, abdominal sterna and genital plates almost black to reddish brown; pleural margin of abdominal sterna III–VII yellow with anterior third black ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 3–10 )....................................................... P. azureus (Burmeister) View in CoL
5 Pronotal calli yellow to castaneous orange................................................................. 6
- Pronotal calli black with bluish green reflections............................................................ 7
6 Abdominal sterna III–VII orange to yellowish orange; dorsal abdominal segments III–IV and basal half of V black and apical half of V and VI–VII shiny orange ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 11–18 )................................................. P. fortunatus Dallas View in CoL
- Abdominal sterna III–VI reddish brown to black with upper pleural margins yellow; dorsal abdominal segments III–VII black with scars of segments IV–V and V–VI yellow ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 11–18 ).................................... P. distinctus Montandon View in CoL
7 Abdominal sterna III–VII black to reddish brown with pleural margins yellow; dorsal abdominal segments III–VII black with scars of segments IV–V and V–VI yellow ( Figs. 1 View FIGURES 1–2 , 16 View FIGURES 11–18 )..................................... P. napoensis Brailovsky View in CoL
- Abdominal sterna III–VII pale yellow to pale yellowish orange; dorsal abdominal segments III–IV and basal half of V black and apical half of V and VI–VII shiny orange (posterior margin of VII black)..................................... 8
8 Thorax reddish orange with bluish green reflections; connexival segments III–VII pale yellowish orange; anterior and posterior lobes of metathoracic peritreme black ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 3–10 )............................................. P. ambiguus Brailovsky View in CoL
- Thorax pale yellow with shiny dark brown longitudinal stripe running on outer face of sternum and covering pro-, meso-, and meta-acetabulae; connexival segments III–VII black with narrow vertical yellow stripe parallel to anterior margins of sternites; anterior and posterior lobes of metathoracic peritreme pale yellow ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 11–18 )......................... P. graziae sp. nov.
9 Hind femora bicolored or tricolored..................................................................... 10
- Hind femora unicolored.............................................................................. 13
10 Hind femora tricolored with basal half pale yellowish orange, posterior half shiny orange with distal joint and wide ring near midline back; head dorsally entirely pale castaneous orange ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 3–10 )................................ P. lautus sp. nov.
- Hind femora bicolored; head dorsally black with the space between eyes and ocelli and longitudinal stripe between ocelli pale to dark orange to yellowish orange...................................................................... 11
11 Hind femora with anterior half black and posterior half shiny orange with apex black ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 3–10 )....... P. occulta Brailovsky View in CoL
- Hind femora with anterior half yellow and posterior half black............................................... 12
12 Pronotum pale castaneous orange with bluish green reflections ( Figs. 2 View FIGURES 1–2 , 10 View FIGURES 3–10 )................... P. distinguendus Breddin View in CoL
- Pronotum brown with bluish green reflections and disk with yellow transverse band which spreads anteriorly along anterolateral margins ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 3–10 )................................................................... P. necopinus sp. nov.
13 Pronotal disk castaneous orange with bluish green reflections and wide transverse yellow or orange band running below calli ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 11–18 )..................................................................... P. luteomaculosus Brailovsky View in CoL
- Pronotal disk pale orange or castaneous orange or reddish brown with bluish green reflections and without yellow or orange transverse band...................................................................................... 14
14 Dorsal abdominal segments III–VI pale orange, VII black with middle third of anterior margin pale orange and VIII–IX black; head dorsally pale orange; meta-acetabulae pale orange ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 11–18 )................................. P. jactatus sp. nov.
- Dorsal abdominal segments III–IX black with pale yellow median longitudinal stripe running from III to middle third of segment VII; head dorsally black with the space between eye and ocelli and short longitudinal stripe between ocelli pale yellow; meta-acetabulae black to dark castaneous with bluish green reflections......................................... 15
15 Pronotal disk reddish brown to black with bluish green reflections; hind femora shiny black to reddish brown or with dorsal face shiny black and ventral face shiny reddish brown ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 11–18 )........................................ P. virago Breddin View in CoL
- Pronotal disk orange to dark castaneous orange with posterior margin dark with bluish green reflections; hind femora shiny castaneous orange ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 11–18 )............................................................ P. proletarius Breddin View in CoL
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