Earota, Mulsant & Rey, 1874

Lee, Seung-Gyu & Ahn, Kee-Jeong, 2014, Two new combinations and a key to the species of the genus Earota Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 3765 (2), pp. 187-193 : 188

Key to the species of Earota

1 Antennomere 4 elongate, 5–10 subquadrate to slightly transverse ( Fig. 12 )....................................... 2

- Antennomere 4 as long as wide or transverse, 5–10 transverse to significantly transverse ( Fig. 3 ; see Gusarov 2002: Fig. 6 )..................................................................................................... 3

2 Body surface with fine punctures; antennomere 11 about as long as preceding three combined; male tergite VII with broad triangular tubercle; posterior margin of male tergite VIII truncate............................................ E. reyi

- Body surface with coarse punctures; antennomere 11 shorter than preceding three combined ( Fig. 12 ); male tergite VII with elongate tubercle ( Fig. 15 ); posterior margin of male tergite VIII serrulate ( Fig. 16 )............... E. koreana comb. nov.

3 Antennomere 4 about as long as wide ( Fig. 3 ); tergites III–VI with transversely reticulate microsculpture; male tergite VII with large and elongate tubercle ( Fig. 6 ); posterior margin of male tergite VIII serrulate ( Fig. 7 )........... E. babai comb. nov.

- Antennomere 4 slightly transverse (see Gusarov 2002: Fig. 6 ); tergites III–VI with transversely striate microsculpture; male tergite VII with small and round tubercle (see Gusarov 2002: Fig. 15 ); posterior margin of male tergite VIII triangularly convex (see Gusarov 2002: Fig. 16 ).................................................................. E. dentata

Figures

FIGURES 12–20. Details of Earota koreana. 12, antenna; 13, pronotum, dorsal aspect; 14, meso- and metaventrites, ventral aspect; 15, male tergite VII, dorsal aspect; 16, male tergite VIII, dorsal aspect; 17, median lobe of aedeagus, lateral aspect; 18, median lobe of aedeagus, ventral aspect; 19, paramere, lateral aspect; 20, spermatheca. Scale bars 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 3–11. Details of Earota babai. 3, antenna; 4, pronotum, dorsal aspect; 5, meso- and metaventrites, ventral aspect; 6, male tergite VII, dorsal aspect; 7, male tergite VIII, dorsal aspect; 8, median lobe of aedeagus, lateral aspect; 9, median lobe of aedeagus, ventral aspect; 10, paramere, lateral aspect; 11, spermatheca. Scale bars 0.1 mm.