Pseudotelegeusis Wittmer, 1976

Roza, André Silva, Constantin, Robert & Mermudes, José Ricardo Miras, 2019, Pseudotelegeusis meloi sp. nov., the first Telegeusinae from Peru (Coleoptera: Omethidae, Telegeusinae), European Journal of Taxonomy 580, pp. 1-13 : 4

Genus Pseudotelegeusis Wittmer, 1976

Pseudotelegeusis Wittmer, 1976: 293

Pseudotelegeusis – Zaragoza-Caballero, 2008: 369

Key to species of Pseudotelegeusis

1. Antennae moniliform ( Mexico) ...................................... P. jiliotupaensis Zaragoza-Caballero, 2008 – Antennae serrate ............................................................................................................................... 2

2. Antennae serrate from antennomere IV to X, body yellowish brown, third antennomere slender, 1.6 times longer than wide (from original illustration) ( Ecuador) ................... P. oculatus Wittmer, 1976 – Antennae serrate from antennomere III to antennomere X, third antennomere about as long as wide ........................................................................................................................................................... 3

3. Eyes protruding, vertex covering ³⁄ 5 of head (IOW/OL=1.45), body infuscate yellow with dark brown head, third antennomere slightly (1.16×) longer than wide, tergite IX with rounded apical margin, sternite IX as long as wide, lateral lobes of aedeagus apically broadly rounded ( Peru) ........................................................................................................................ P. meloi sp. nov.

– Eyes not protruding, vertex covering ¾ of head (IOW/OL = 2.3), body dark brown, third antennomere slightly (1.16×) wider than long, tergite IX with straight apical margin, sternite IX longer than wide, lateral lobes of aedeagusapically narrowly rounded, racket-shaped ( French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela) .................................................................................... P. howdeni Wittmer, 1976