Himalusa, Pace, 2006

Klimaszewski, Jan, Pace, Roberto, Center, Ted & Couture, Jérôme, 2010, A remarkable new species of Himalusa Pace from Thailand (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): phytophagous aleocharine beetle with potential for bio-control of skunkvine-related weeds in the United States, ZooKeys 35 (35), pp. 1-12 : 5

Key to Himalusa species of the world

1. Body broadly oval (Fig. 1); basal antennomeres black; base of pronotum approximately as broad as apex of elytra (Fig. 1); elytra at suture shorter than pronotum (Fig. 1); median lobe of aedeagus moderately narrow and moderately strongly curved, broader at base and gradually narrowing apically (Figs. 11, 12, 20, 21); known from Thailand................................................ .............................. H. thailandensis Pace, Klimaszewski & Center , sp. n.

– Body narrowly elongate (Fig. 74 in Pace 2006); basal antennomeres reddish; base of pronotum narrower than apex of elytra (Fig. 74 in Pace 2006); elytra at suture about as long as pronotum (Fig. 74 in Pace 2006); median lobe of aedeagus narrow and very strongly curved, narrow at base and broadest in apical third (Figs. 75, 76, in Pace 2006); known from Himalayan region in Nepal...................................................................... H. annapurnensis Pace