Asydates chumash

Mayor, Adriean J. & Gimmel, Matthew L., 2019, Revision of the Soft-Winged Flower Beetles of the Genus Asydates Casey, 1895 (Coleoptera: Melyridae: Dasytinae: Listrini), The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 17) 73, pp. 1-71 : 7

6(5). Pronotal and elytral margins with setae projecting, less closely placed ( Figs. 2C–D , 15A–B ); female ventrite 5 denuded medially ( Fig. 20B ) ................. ............... 4. A. chumash Mayor and Gimmel , new species

6 ʹ. Pronotal and elytral margins with setae less projecting and more closely placed ( Figs. 2A–B , 3A–B , 14E–F , 15C–D ); female ventrite 5 evenly covered with setae or denuded medially ( Fig. 20A, C ) .......... 7

Figures

Fig. 2. Asydates species, dorsal habitus. A. rufiventris: A) Male, B) Female. A. chumash: C) Male, D) Female. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

Fig. 15. Asydates species, pronota. A. chumash: A) Male, B) Female. A. tongva: C) Male, D) Female. A. irwini:

Fig. 20. Asydates “flat-tip” species, female ventrite 5 showing variably developed glabrous area. A) A. rufiventris, B) A. chumash, C) Asydates tongva.

Fig. 3. Asydates species, dorsal habitus. A. tongva: A) Male, B) Female. A. irwini: C) Male, D) Female. Scale

Fig. 14. Asydates species, pronota. A. grandiceps: A) Male, B) Female. A. kumeyaay: C) Male, D) Female. A.