Tachygonidius

Vanin, Sergio Antonio & Mermudes, José Ricardo M., 2007, Two new Tachygonidius species from the Atlantic coast of Brazil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Zootaxa 1415, pp. 57-64 : 62

Key for identification of Tachygonidius species

“We have not seen specimens of T. dasypus and T. phalangium and characters included in the key are based on the original descriptions.”

1. Outer margin of posterior tibiae with 9–10 crenulations, conspicuous from base to near apex ( Fig. 7 ) ( Brazil, SP) .............................................................................................................. T. paulensis , sp. nov. Outer margin of posterior tibiae nearly smooth, crenulations conspicuous only on basal third ( Fig. 6 ) 2

Figures

FIGURE 6 – 7. hind left tibia, dorsal view, setae omitted, (6) Tachygonidius fluminensis sp. nov., female paratype; (7) Tachygonidius paulensis sp. nov., female holotype (scale bar = 0.5 mm).