Anthobium morchella, Shavrin & Smetana, 2017

Shavrin, Alexey V. & Smetana, Aleš, 2017, A revision of Eastern Palaearctic Anthobium Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). I. Gracilipalpe, morchella and nigrum groups, Zootaxa 4365 (1), pp. 1-39 : 14-15

3.2.1. Key to morchella group

1 Elytra with three indistinct longitudinal elevations. Parameres slightly exceeding apex of median lobe of aedeagus ( Fig. 57 ). Habitus as in Fig. 40 . Body length: 3.65–4.34 mm. China: Yunnan ............................. A. hydraenoides sp.n.

- Elytra without longitudinal elevations, each elytron with indistinct small and irregular elevations between punctures, more visible on median portion. Parameres significantly exceeding apex of median lobe of aedeagus......................... 2

2 Head behind eyes markedly widened posteriad (Fig. 42). Pronotum with very distinct longitudinal and medio-basal impressions; punctation of pronotum small. Parameres with two short apical and several small setae along inner edge and in middle parts of setiferous lobes ( Fig. 56 ). Habitus as in Fig. 39 . Body length: 3.37–4.58 mm. China: Yunnan ..... A. morchella sp.n.

- Head behind eyes slightly widened posteriad. Pronotum with vague longitudinal and medio-basal impressions; punctation of pronotum larger and more rugose. Parameres with elongated apical and two preapical setae ( Fig. 58 ). Habitus as in Fig. 41 . Body length: 3.75–4.75 mm. China: Sichuan ..................................................... A. puetzi sp.n.

Figures

FIGURES 56–61. Aedeagus of Anthobium morchella (56, 59—paratype), A. hydraenoides (57, 60—paratype) and A. puetzi (58, 61—paratype): 56–58—parameral view, 59–61—lateral view.Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 39–41. Habitus of Anthobium morchella group: 39—A. morchella (paratype), 40—A. hydraenoides (paratype), 41—A.puetzi (holotype).Scale bars:1.0 mm.