Tectocyphon

Zwick, Peter, 2015, Australian Marsh Beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). 8. The new genera Cygnocyphon, Eximiocyphon, Paracyphon, Leptocyphon, Tectocyphon, and additions to Contacyphon de Gozis, Nanocyphon Zwick and Eurycyphon Watts, Zootaxa 3981 (4), pp. 451-490 : 460

Key to males of Tectocyphon

1 Dorsum with fine decumbent light-coloured pilosity.......................................................... 2

1' Dorsum with erect dark setae. Each penis sclerite with a large rounded knob, no teeth (Fig. 35)........... T. hispidus n. sp.

2 Elytra with fine dense punctures which become even finer next to the suture. Parameres distally with very large claw-like teeth, sides of trigonium also with large teeth ( Figs. 36–38 )............................................ T. victoriae n. sp.

2' Punctures on the elytra very fine and dense, not different along suture. Parameres and penis distally without large teeth (Fig. 31)................................................................................ T. microphallus n. sp.

Figures

FIGURES 36 – 40. Tectocyphon victoriae, n. sp. 36, penis and tegmen, superimposed and graphically separated: 37, penis; 38, tegmen. 39, female abdomen, diagrammatic, ventral; 40, prehensor and surrounding region of gonoduct, with enlarged detail. 36 – 38, 40 to the same scale. aT 9, apodeme of T 9; pa, pala; pd, parameroid; pe, paramere; tb, transverse bar; te, tegmen; tr, trigonium.