Domene (Lathromene)

Reboleira, A. S. P. S., Gonçalves, F. & Oromí, P., 2011, On the Iberian endemic subgenus Lathromene Koch (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae Paederinae): description of the first hypogean Domene Fauvel, 1872 from Portugal, Zootaxa 2780 (1), pp. 48-56 : 55

Key to the males of Lathromene species

Domene hispanica , only known from Salamanca region of Spain, is excluded because the male is unknown.

1. Ventral blade not exceeding the aedeagus edge; apex of the apophyses pointed ( Fig. 7e )........... D. (L.) lusitanica n. sp.

- Ventral blade exceeding the aedeagus edge................................................................. 2

2. Ventral blade asymmetrical in ventral view................................................................. 3

- Ventral blade symmetrical in ventral view.................................................................. 5

3. Ventral blade narrowed halfway along its length, with the apex extending to the left in ventral view ( Fig. 7h )........................................................................................ D. (L.) scopaeella Fauvel, 1893

- Ventral blade differently shaped.......................................................................... 4

4. Ventral blade very long, delicate and sharp, slightly asymmetrical ( Fig 7d ) ... D. (L.) gallaeciana Feldmann & Hernando, 2005

- Ventral blade very long and wide, with considerable torsion, and with two small basal apophyses in ventral view ( Fig. 7g ).............................................................................. D. (L.) subiasi (Outerelo, 1977)

5. Ventral blade with bifurcated apex, forming two finger-like lobes............................................... 6

- Ventral blade not bifurcated at apex, at most emarginate....................................................... 7

6. Ventral blade with deeply bifurcated apex, clearly surpassing the apex of the aedeagus ( Fig. 7a ).................................................................................................... D. (L.) bergidi Outerelo, 1991

- Ventral blade with apex shallowly bifurcate and slightly surpassing the apex of the aedeagus ( Fig. 7f )........................................................................... D. (L.) caurelensis Outerelo, Gamarra & Salgado, 2000

7. Ventral blade with several hook-like expansions ( Fig. 7b )............................ D. (L.) cantabrica Coiffait, 1973

- Ventral blade with large lanceolate apex in ventral view ( Fig. 7c )....................... D. (L.) gridelliana Fagel, 1967

Figures

FIGURE 7. Aedeagus outlines of the subgenus Lathromene, in lateral and ventral views. a) D. bergidi; b) D. cantabrica; c) D. gridelliana; d) D. gallaeciana; e) D. lusitanica n. sp.; f) D. caurelensis; g) D. subiasi; and h) D. scopaeella. (Adapted from Coiffait 1982; Feldmann & Hernando 2005 and Outerelo 2000).