Creagrophorus, Matthews, 1887

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2014, A review of the small carrion beetles and the round fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with descriptions of two new genera and 61 new species., Insecta Mundi 2014 (397), pp. 1-76 : 57-58

Key to species of male Creagrophorus of the West Indies

1. Posterior margin of metafemur with a single large toothlike process at apex; pre-apical process absent. St. Vincent and Grenada............................... C. unidentatus Peck and Cook , n.sp.

— Posterior margin of metafemur with two toothlike processes ..................................................... 2

2(1). Pre-apical process of posterior margin of metafemur elongate, slender, as long as or longer than apical process .............................................................................................................................. 3

— Apical toothlike process of posterior margin of metafemur distinctly larger than reduced, apically directed pre-apical process ......................................................................................................... 4

3(2). Pre-apical toothlike process of posterior margin of metafemur distinctly longer than apical process. Cuba................................................................................... C. cubensis Peck and Cook , n.sp.

— Toothlike processes of posterior margin of metafemur subequal in length. Hispaniola ............... ................................................................................. C. hispaniolensis Peck and Cook , n.sp.

4(2). Inverted internal sac with two distinct clusters of larger spines ( Fig. 123, 125, 127 ) .............. 5

— Inverted internal sac with scattered small spines, without distinct clusters of larger spines ( Fig. 119 ) .............................................................................................................................................. 7

5(4). Apical process of posterior margin of metafemur large, broad at base, elongate, curved, narrowing to acute apex; pre-apical process reduced to small denticle. Hispaniola .................................... .............................................................................. C. microdenticulus Peck and Cook , n.sp.

— Apical processes of posterior margin of metafemur not large, broad at base, elongate, curved, narrowing to acute apex; known only from the Lesser Antilles .............................................. 6

6(5). Dorsum with distinct, strong punctation; apical two-thirds of mesotibia abruptly, strongly widened; aedeagus ( Fig. 122 ) depressed before apex. Dominica... C. dominica Peck and Cook , n.sp.

— Dorsum finely, sparsely punctate; mesotibia not abruptly widened; aedeagus ( Fig. 126 ) not depressed before apex ................................................................... C. sanctalucia Peck and Cook , n.sp.

7(4). Bicolored: head and pronotum dark brown, elytra light yellowish brown; aedeagus ( Fig. 118 ) evenly curved dorsoventrally. Martinique........................... C. bicolor Peck and Cook , n.sp.

— Unicolorous reddish brown; aedeagus ( Fig. 116 ) weakly depressed before apex. Jamaica........... ................................................................................................................... C. jamaicensis Peck

Figures

Figures 116–131. Aedeagi, lateral and dorsal views, of Creagrophorus. 116, 117) C. jamaicensis (from Peck 1972). 118, 119) C. bicolor. 120, 121) C. cubensis. 122, 123) C. dominica. 124, 125) C. microdenticulus. 126, 127) C. sanctalucia. 128, 129) C. hispaniolensis. 130, 131) C. unidentatus. Scale line = 0.35 mm, Fig. 116, 117; 0.30 mm, Fig. 118–131.