Platynotina, Mulsant & Rey, 1853

Kamiński, Marcin Jan, 2013, A new genus and species of the Afrotropical Platynotina from Tanzania (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pedinini), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2), pp. 703-714 : 711

Key to the Central African Platynotina

1 Pronotal disc with a pair of basal depressions. .................................................................. ....................................................... see IWAN’ s (2002a: 47) identification key, couplet 42

– Pronotal disc evenly convex ........................................................................................... 2

2 Anterior margin of mentum emarginate medially ( Fig. 10 ). .......................................... 3

– Anterior margin of mentum straight (e.g. Figs 2 , 11 ). ................................................... 4

3 5th abdominal ventrite bordered on its posterior margin. ......... Angolositus Koch, 1955

– 5th abdominal ventrite without bordering. ................................. Aberlencus Iwan, 2002

4 A groove below ventral margin of eye present ( Fig. 12 ). Distribution: Madagascar. ....... ........................................................................................................... Lechius Iwan, 1995

– A groove below ventral margin of eye absent. Distribution: continental Africa only.....5

5 Upper edge of elytral base disappearing before humerus ( Fig. 9 ). 5 th abdominal ventrite without bordering. ...................................................................... Upembarus Koch, 1956

– Upper edge of elytral base reaching the humerus ( Fig. 8 ). 5 th abdominal ventrite bordered on its posterior margin ( Fig. 3 )........................................................................................6

6 Intercoxal process of prosternum narrow ( Fig. 4 ). Mentum with middle part not projecting anteriad ( Fig. 2 ). Basal half of lateral pronotal margins parallel. Bursa copulatrix without sclerites ( Fig. 14 ). .......................................................................... Paraselinus gen. nov.

– Intercoxal process of prosternum wide ( Fig. 7 ). Mentum with middle part projecting anteriad ( Fig. 11 ). Basal half of the lateral pronotal margins rounded. Bursa copulatrix with longitudinal sclerite ( Fig. 15 ). ........................................ Pseudoselinus Iwan, 2002

Figures

Figs 7–12. Body parts of selected Platynotina. 7–8, 11 – Pseudoselinus punctatostriatus (Gerstaecker, 1854); 9 – Upembarus saegeri Koch, 1956; 10 – Angolositus lidiae Kamiński, 2012; 12 – Lechius aalbui Iwan & Kamiński, 2012. Body parts: 7 – prosternal process; 8–9 – base of elytron; 10–11 – mentum; 12 – eye. Arrows indicate the ending of the upper edge of the elytral base.

Figs 2–6. Chosen body elements of Paraselinus iwani gen. & sp. nov. 2 – head, ventral view; 3 – 5th abdominal ventrite; 4 – intercoxal process of prosternum; 5 – protibia; 6 – aedeagal tegmen.

Figs 13–15. Female genitalia. 13–14 – Paraselinus iwani gen. & sp. nov.; 15 – Pseudoselinus raposoi (Koch, 1956). 13 – drawing of the ovipositor; 14 – photograph of the ovipositor, bursa copulatrix and spermatheca; 15 – bursa copulatrix. Arrow indicates the sclerite in bursa copulatrix.