To the knowledge of the Near East species of the genus Odocnemis Allard, 1876 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini)
Author
Nabozhenko, Maxim V.
Author
Háva, Jiří
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-04-24
4767
2
319
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journal article
22558
10.11646/zootaxa.4767.2.7
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1175-5334
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Key to species (based on males) of the genus
Odocnemis
from the Levant region and
Cyprus
1. Elytra without distinct tubercles..............................................................
O. intrusicollis
– Elytra with distinct tubercles which possess coeloconic sensilla (
Nabozhenko & Keskin 2016
)........................ 2
2. Elytra dorsally pubescent at apex. Metatibiae S-shaped in lateral view and C-shaped in frontal view; inner side of metatibiae depressed and covered with very dense long suberected hairs............................................
O. valga
– Elytra bare at apex (but epipleura can be setose). Metatibia straight; inner side of metatibiae with simple recumbent hairs.. 3
3. Pro- and mesotrochanters with acute projected tooth. Apical piece of aedeagus curved upward, with ball-like thickening at apex...................................................................................
O. evae
sp. nov.
– Pro- and mesotrochanters simple, without tooth. Apical piece of aedeagus straight or weakly bent, flattened at apex or with only small flattened thickness on dorsal side.................................................................... 4
4. Metatibiae with granules on inner side..........................................................
O. moabitica
– Metatibiae without granules or teeth...................................................................... 5
5. Elytral striae consisting of large, deep separated punctures with unclear margins, elytral intervals with very sparse, fine punctation, with often barely visible punctures; elytral lateral margins emarginated before apex, with more or less expressed caudal extension (mucron). Ventrite 1 usually with small brush of short suberected setae in middle................
O. praelonga
– Elytral striae consisting of small oval or dotted punctures, often merged in apical half, elytral intervals with distinct moderately coarse, sparse punctation; elytral lateral margins not emarginated before apex, elytra without mucron. Ventrite 1 without setated brush.............................................................................................. 6
6. Apical piece of aedeagus distinctly shortly thickened at apex.......................................
O. amanosica
– Apical piece of aedeagus evenly flattened at apex........................................................... 7
7. Outer margin of protibiae strongly curved inwards.....................................................
O. clara
– Outer margin of protibiae almost straight ......................................................... ..
O. punctata