Michyrus, Skelley and Gasca-Alvarez, 2020

Skelley, Paul E. & Gasca-Álvarez, Héctor Jaime, 2020, Michyrus, a new genus of pleasing fungus beetles with coarsely faceted eyes (Coleoptera: Erotylidae), Insecta Mundi 2020 (836), pp. 1-8 : 3

Key to species of Michyrus

1. Pronotal disc finely, sparsely punctate ( Fig. 1, 4 ); elytral striae with punctures coarse and deeply impressed; procoxal lines widely separated anteriorly, connecting across middle ( Fig. 2 , 6 ); Panama....................................... M. thomasi Skelley and Gasca-Álvarez , new species

— Pronotal disc finely, densely punctate ( Fig. 11, 14 ); elytral striae with punctures of moderate size and weakly impressed; procoxal lines more narrowly separated anteriorly, not connecting across middle ( Fig. 12, 15 ); French Guiana.............. M. yvineci Skelley and Gasca-Álvarez , new species

Figures

Figures 1–5. Michyrus thomasi Skelley and Gasca-Álvarez, holotype female.1) Dorsal habitus. 2) Ventral habitus. 3) Lateral habitus. 4) Head and pronotum, anterior view. 5) Head and pronotum, dorsal oblique view. Photographs by PES.

Figures 6–10. Miscellaneous structures. 6–8) Michyrus thomasi Skelley and Gasca-Álvarez, holotype female. 6) Head and prothorax, ventral view. 7) Antenna, ventral view. 8) Abdomen, ventral view. 9–10) Female genitalia. 9) Michyrus thomasi Skelley and Gasca-Álvarez, paratype. 10) Michyrus yvineci Skelley and Gasca-Álvarez, holotype. Photographs 6–9 by PES, 10 courtesy Jean-hervé Yvinec.

Figures 11–15. Michyrus yvineci Skelley and Gasca-Álvarez, holotype female. 11) Dorsal habitus. 12) Ventral habitus. 13) Lateral view. 14) Head and pronotum, anterior view. 15) Head and prothorax, ventral view. Photographs courtesy Jean-hervé Yvinec.