Xenopygus

Caron, Edilson, De Castro, Jessica C., Da Silva, Maycon R. & Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele S., 2016, Phylogeny and revision of a colorful Neotropical genus of rove beetles: Xenopygus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Zootaxa 4138 (1), pp. 59-82 : 65-66

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4138.1.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C302BB64-26B4-4959-9914-DB1AB4BB4B1A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5690519

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F087BB-FFB7-FF8C-2999-674DFA67FED4

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Xenopygus
status

 

Key to the species of Xenopygus View in CoL

1. Antenna with microsetae on antennomeres IV to XI; antennomere IV longer than wide, pronotum with setal punctuations evenly distributed, not on the median longitudinal line (Fig. 11–13); sternite VII of male without porous structure......... 2

- Antenna with microsetae on antennomeres V to XI ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 14 – 19 ); antennomere IV as long as wide ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 14 – 19 ), pronotum with setal punctuations forming a pair of longitudinal parallel lines in the median region and distributed in the lateral thirds (Fig. 5–7); sternite VII of male with porous structure (Figs. 30–32)...................................................... 4

2. Tergite V with arched carina.................................................................. X. cordovensis View in CoL

- Tergite V without arched carina.......................................................................... 3

3. Median lobe with only one large tooth in the apex ( Fig. 49 View FIGURES 48 – 50 ); paramere with rounded apex and peg setae along its margin (Fig. 55)............................................................................. X. sancticamillus View in CoL , sp. nov.

- Median lobe with more than two somewhat small teeth near the apex ( Fig. 50 View FIGURES 48 – 50 ); paramere with thin apex and peg setae forming two parallel columns (Fig. 56).......................................................... X. petilicolis View in CoL , sp. nov.

4. Head and pronotum of the same color as elytra, metallic blue to green, sometimes with elytra slightly darker, and abdominal

segment VII entirely yellowish or at least ligther than the precedents ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 2 – 4 ); scape evidently shorter than antennomeres II and III combined................................................................................... X. analis - Head and pronotum of different color that elytra and abdominal segment VII not entirely ligther than the preceeding segments ( Figs. 3, 4 View FIGURES 2 – 4 ); scape slightly longer than antennomeres II and III combined.......................................... 5

5. Apical half of abdominal segment VI and basal half of segment VII evidently darker than remainder of abdomen ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 2 – 4 ); sternite VIII of male with apical margin slightly emarginate at middle (Fig. 34)............................... X. bicolor View in CoL

- Only basal half of abdominal segment VII evidently darker than remainder of abdomen ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 2 – 4 ); sternite VIII of male with apical margin strongly emarginate at middle (Fig. 35)................................................... X. confusus View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

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