Globulosis García

Short, Andrew Edward Z., García, Mauricio & Girón, Jennifer C., 2017, Revision of the Neotropical water scavenger beetle genus Globulosis García, 2001 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Acidocerinae), Zootaxa 4232 (2), pp. 271-281 : 279

Key to the species of Globulosis García

1 Dorsum brown to dark brown ( Fig. 2 A). Aedeagus with outer margins of parameres inwardly curved; apex of median lobe reaching or exceeding the apex of the parameters ( Fig. 7 B–E).............................. G. hemisphericus García

- Dorsum very light brown to yellow ( Fig. 2 D). Aedeagus with outer margins of parameres straight and parallel-sided; apex of median lobe not reaching the apex of the parameters ( Fig. 7 A)....................................... G. flavus sp. n.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Habitus of Globulosis spp. G. hemisphericus (from Suriname): (A) dorsal, (B) lateral, (C) ventral; G. flavus (paratype): (D) dorsal, (E) lateral, (F) ventral. Scale bar 1 mm.

FIGURE 7. Aedeagus of Globulosis spp. (A) G. flavus sp. n. (holotype), (B) G. hemisphericus, reproduced from García, 2001, (C) G. hemisphericus from the upper Berbice, Guyana, (D) G. hemisphericus from Manaus, Brazil, (E) G. hemisphericus from Raleighvallen Nature Reserve, Suriname. Scale bar 0.05 mm.