Athoplastus, Johnson and Etzler, 2018

Etzler, Frank E. & Johnson, Paul J., 2018, Athoplastus Johnson and Etzler (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae), a New Genus of Click Beetle from the Northwestern Continental USA, The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (3), pp. 503-521 : 511

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF ADULT MALE ATHOPLASTUS

1. Pronotum with discal punctures separated by less than puncture diameter ( Fig. 10 ), closer laterally; aedeagus with parameres not broadly rounded apically or membraneous ........... 2

1 ʹ. Pronotum with discal punctures separated by more than puncture diameter ( Fig. 11 ); aedeagus relatively narrower and paramere tips broadly rounded and membranous apically ( Figs. 19–21 ).......... Athoplastus lochsa Etzler and Johnson , new species ( Fig. 3 )

Figures

Figs. 10–15. Athoplastus species. 10) A. acutus, prothorax, dorsal view; 11) A. lochsa, prothorax, dorsal view; 12) A. acutus, left antenna; 13) A. lochsa, left antenna; 14) A. palouse, left antenna; 15) A. acutus, female, left wing. Scale bars for antennae = 1 mm; for wing = 5 mm.

Figs. 16–27. Athoplastus species, adeagi, dorsal view, ventral view, and close up of paramere apex, respectively.

Figs. 1–4. Athoplastus species, dorsal habitus. 1) A. acutus; 2) A. palouse; 3) A. lochsa; 4) A. rainieri.