Agyrtodes Portevin

Seago, Ainsley E., 2009, Revision Of Agyrtodes Portevin (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 7) 63, pp. 1-73 : 16-18

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https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065x-63.sp7.1

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scientific name

Agyrtodes Portevin
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Key to adults of Agyrtodes Portevin View in CoL

1. Locality 5 Chile................................. A. ovatus Portevin View in CoL (p. 18)

— Locality 5 Australia or New Zealand.................................... 2

2(1). Locality 5 Australia....................................................... 3

— Locality 5 New Zealand................................................. 14

3(2). Apical segment of maxillary palps enlarged (.3 3 as long and 1.3 3 as wide as penultimate segment); large body size (2.5 mm or more in length); pronotum with paired median dark spots (Fig. 2); Queensland, New South Wales ................................ A. crassus Zwick View in CoL (p. 21)

— Apical segment of maxillary palps not markedly wider than penultimate segment (as in Fig. 30 View Figs ); small body size (less than 2.5 mm in length); pronotum without distinct, paired median dark spots.................. 4

4(3). Distinct dorsal color pattern of spots or fasciae (e.g., Figs. 3–7)...... 5

— Dorsum indistinctly patterned or uniformly brown (e.g., Figs. 8–13).. 9

5(4). Pronotum uniformly dark brown, elytra with three transverse dark brown chevroned fasciae across disc (Fig. 3); New South Wales ....................................................... A. variegatus Jeannel View in CoL (p. 22)

— Pronotum medium brown or partially dark brown, elytral disc (if patterned) with no more than two fasciae (e.g., Figs. 4, 6, 7).......... 6

6(5). Prototum with long median and paired round, lateral dark spots, elytra with interrupted dark discal region, paired subscutellar dark spots flanking suture, integument red-brown, body narrow-sided and convex (Fig. 4); Victoria ............................... A. decoratus Zwick View in CoL (p. 26)

— Pronotum without distinct dark spots, not patterned as above; body broadly ovate, not narrow or parallel-sided.............................. 7

7(6). Pronotum dark yellow; elytra yellow basally, dark brown apically (Fig. 5); antennal segments 7 and 9–11 dark brown, segment 8 yellow ( Fig. 42 View Figs ); Queensland ............. A. flaviceps Seago View in CoL , new species (p. 28)

— Pronotum brown; elytra with dorsal pattern of transverse, chevroned dark brown fasciae; antennal segments 7–10 dark brown, segment 11 bright yellow, enlarged ( Figs. 43, 44 View Figs )..................................... 8

8(7). Elytra with two broad, transverse, medium to dark brown fasciae across disc (Fig. 6); male protarsi with first segment as wide as tibial apex; parameres extending well beyond apex of median lobe, armed with abundant long setae on internal faces ( Fig. 83 View Figs ); Queensland ................................................. A. monteithi Seago View in CoL , new species (p. 30)

— Elytra with two acutely chevroned, ‘‘interrupted’’ fasciae across disc (Fig. 7); male protarsi with first segment considerably narrower than tibial apex; parameres scarcely extending beyond apex of median lobe, slender, subcylindrical, sparsely setose at apices ( Fig. 84 View Figs ); Queensland ........................................ A. newtoni Seago View in CoL , new species (p. 32)

9(4). Pronotum and elytra uniformly brown, elytra with or without two broad, nebulous fuscous fasciae (Figs. 11–13); body compact, ovoid......... 10

— Dorsum with large, indistinctly delimited median dark patches on the pronotum and elytra disc, integument otherwise reddish-brown; body elongate, narrowly ovate; Tasmania ........ A. tasmanicus Zwick View in CoL (p. 34)

10(9). Body size large (length. 2 mm), dorsum uniformly dark brown, lighter brown in faded specimens (Figs. 9, 10).................................. 11

Body size small to medium (length, 2 mm), dorsum light reddish-brown or dark brown with lighter elytral bases and apices (Figs. 11–13).... 12 11(10). Elytral disc with multiple shallow, longitudinal strial impressions, antenna with segments 1–6 robust, 1–2 ovate and broadly expanded; aedeagus very long, slender, cylindrical, with parameres extending no farther than apex of median lobe ( Fig. 86 View Figs ); New South Wales, Australian Central Territory. .............................. A. eucalypti Zwick View in CoL (p. 35)

— Elytral disc without longitudinal strial impressions, antenna with segments 1–6 slender and cylindrical, 1–2.2 3 as long as wide; aedeagus short and triangular, with parameres extending well past apex of median lobe ( Fig. 87 View Figs ); northern Queensland ............................................................................. A. globosus Seago View in CoL , new species (p. 37)

12(10). Dorsum dark brown with lighter brown elytral bases and apices (Fig. 11); antennal club segments broad, robust, segment 8 transverse ( Fig. 48 View Figs ), maxilla with broad lacinia bearing spore-brush; Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales .............. A. atropos (Blackburn) View in CoL (p. 39)

— Dorsum light reddish-brown, elytra reddish-brown with indistinctly delimited transverse fasciae (Figs. 12, 13); antennae slender, cylindrical throughout, segment 8 longer than wide, maxilla with narrow, reduced lacinia lacking robust spore-brush....................................... 13

13(12). Body length 1.6–1.9 mm, roundly ovate, antenna with terminal segment yellow ( Fig. 49 View Figs ); elytra always light reddish-brown with two transverse fuscous fasciae across disc (Fig. 12); northern Queensland ............................................................ A. koebelei (Blackburn) View in CoL (p. 40)

— Body length 1.8–2.0 mm, elongately oval, antenna with all club segments medium to dark brown ( Fig. 50 View Figs ); elytral coloration reddish brown to dark brown, with subscutellar pale spots and discal pale fasciae delimited by light gold setae (Fig. 13); northern Queensland ............................................................ A. variabilis Seago View in CoL , new species (p. 43)

14(2). Body narrow, elongately oval, integument yellow save for dark brown head and elytral apices (Fig. 14); North Island............................................................................... A. bicolor (Broun) View in CoL (p. 45)

— Body broadly oval, entire dorsum medium to dark brown, elytra with or without small pale spots (Figs. 15–18)................................... 15

15(14). Elytra with short, transverse pale markings delimited by light golden setae (Figs. 15, 16); males with short mesofemoral tooth and long metafemoral spur.......................................................... 16

— Elytral vestiture uniformly reddish-brown to gold, without light patches (Figs. 17–20), males without femoral teeth or spurs.................... 17

16(15). Pronotum medium to dark brown (Fig. 15), elytra lighter brown with short, even vestiture marked with small round pale spots; first male mesotarsus bent and apically spinose; apex of median lobe attenuate, paramere apices sharply truncate and twisted ( Fig. 92 View Figs ); North Island.................................................. A. nebulosus (Broun) View in CoL (p. 47)

— Pronotum medium reddish brown (Fig. 16), elytra as dark as pronotum with long, irregularly arranged vestiture marked with long golden transverse bars; first male mesotarsus simple; apex of median lobe bluntly pointed, parameres expanded distally but not abruptly truncate ( Fig. 93 View Figs ); South Island............ A. lescheni Seago View in CoL , new species (p. 51)

17(15). Body length 3.0– 3.2 mm, broadly ovate, integument dark brown to graybrown, shining, parameres with large triangular teeth on interior faces ( Fig. 94 View Figs ); South Island......................... A. labralis (Broun) View in CoL (p. 53) — Body length,3.0 mm, body shape narrowly ovate, integument medium to dark brown, parameres without interior teeth ( Figs. 95, 96 View Figs )....... 18

18(17). Antennal segment 8 quadrate ( Fig. 55 View Figs ), dorsum uniformly medium to dark brown (Fig. 18); North Island......... A. monticola (Broun) View in CoL (p. 55)

— Antennal segment 8 longer than wide ( Figs. 56, 57 View Figs ), pronotum same hue as elytra or darker (as in Figs. 1, 19).................................... 19

19(18). Pronotum dark brown, elytra medium reddish-brown, median lobe with ‘‘pseudo-trilobed’’ papilliform apex ( Fig. 96 View Figs ), parameres long, apically flattened, constricted basally; epistomal suture present; South Island................................................... A. nemoralis (Broun) View in CoL (p. 57)

— Pronotum and elytra both medium to dark fuscous brown, apex of median lobe simple ( Fig. 97 View Figs ), parameres short, bluntly rounded at apices, not constricted basally; epistomal suture absent; North Island........................................................... A. hunuensis (Broun) (p. 59)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Leiodidae

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