Chitona fucata (Faldermann, 1837)

Švihla, Vladimír, 2006, Revision of Chitona species (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) from the eastern Mediterranean, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 46, pp. 107-121 : 109

Chitona fucata species group

Diagnosis. Parameres narrow preapically ( Figs. 1 and 9 ), at most very slightly concave, pygidium only very slightly prolonged in female ( Fig. 6 ). This group includes two species, C. ganglbaueri and the polytipic C. fucata .

Figures

Figs. 1-7. Chitona fucata (Faldermann, 1837). 1 – tegmen, ventral view; 2 – paramere, lateral view; 3 – aedeagus, lateral view; 4 – projections of urite VIII, ventral view; 5 – ditto, lateral view; 6 – last abdominal segment of female, ventral view (variability indicated by dotted line); 7 – ditto of male. Scale a – Figs. 1-3, 6-7; b – Figs. 4-5.

Figs. 9-14. Chitona ganglbaueri Reitter, 1889. 9 – parameres, ventral view; 10 – ditto, lateral view; 11 – aedeagus, lateral view; 12 – projections of urite VIII, ventral view; 13 – ditto, lateral view; 14 – last abdominal segment of male, ventral view. Scale a – Figs. 9-11, 14; b – Figs. 12-13.