Cnemargulus, Semenov, 1903

Ziani, Stefano, 2019, A revision of the Aphodiini genus Cnemargulus Semenov, 1903 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae), Insecta Mundi 2019 (689), pp. 1-10 : 6

Key to the genus Cnemargulus

1. Adults relatively small, length up to 5.0 mm; foretibiae externally with three strong distal teeth and with three very small but always distinct proximal teeth ( Fig. 14 ); female pronotal punctation wider, punctures separated by two-thirds of the diameter of a puncture on disc; paramera with a small tooth near the apex, visible in lateral view ( Fig. 12 ); Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan................................. C. krulikovskyi Semenov

— Adults relatively large, length over 5.8 mm; foretibiae externally with four teeth, the basal one wide and weak ( Fig. 15 ); female pronotal punctation closer, punctures separated by one half a diameter on disc; paramera very elongate, slightly sinuate internally, in lateral view ( Fig. 5 ); Saudi Arabia, south Iran.............................. C. alkhubraicus Pittino

Figures

Figures 14–15. Foretibiae. 14) C. krulikoƲskyi [syntype of C. pusio Semenov, 1903: Turkmenistan, Mary prov., Ýolöten]. 15) C. alkhubraicus [Iran, Hormozgan prov., Bandar Abbas]. Photos by Augusto Degiovanni.

Figures 7–13. Cnemargulus krulikoƲskyi Semenov, 1903. 7) Habitus of male [lectotype]. 8) Habitus of female [paralectotype, Turkmenistan, Mary prov., Ýolöten]. 9) Habitus of male [syntype of C. pusio Semenov, 1903: Turkmenistan, Mary prov., Ýolöten]. 10) Aedeagus, dorsal view [lectotype]. 11) Aedeagus, dorsal view [syntype of C. pusio Semenov, 1903: Turkmenistan, Mary prov., Ýolöten]. 12) Aedeagus, lateral view [syntype of C. pusio Semenov, 1903: Turkmenistan, Mary prov., Ýolöten]. 13) Epipharynx [lectotype]. Photos by Augusto Degiovanni, drawings by Ivo Gudenzi.

Figures 1–6. Cnemargulus alkhubraicus Pittino, 1984. 1) Habitus of female [holotype]. 2) Habitus of male [Iran, Hormozgan prov., Bandar Abbas]. 3) Head of holotype. 4) Aedeagus, dorsal view [Iran, Hormozgan prov., Bandar Abbas]. 5) Aedeagus, lateral view [Iran, Hormozgan prov., Bandar Abbas]. 6) Epipharynx [holotype]. Photos by Augusto Degiovanni, drawings by Ivo Gudenzi.