Pseudomeira

Pierotti, Helio, Bellò, Cesare & Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., 2010, 2376, Zootaxa 2376, pp. 1-96 : 18

Key to the Iberian species of Pseudomeira

1 Frons large, more than two-thirds wider than metarostrum; eyes strongly convex, projecting beyond genae; elytra widest exactly across well marked humeral calli (Balearic Is.) ................................................................................... 2

- Frons not or scarcely wider than metarostrum; eyes flat or weakly convex, not projecting beyond genae; elytra widest a little behind obsolescent humeral calli (Spanish mainland) ................................................................................ 4

2 Eyes hardly prominent, subsphaerical, their diameter smaller than distance from front margin of eye to hind margin of pterygium; rostrum with sides evidently convergent apicad; protibiae shortly truncate before apex; scales paler .. ........................................................................................................................................................................ P. inviridis

- Eyes prominent, subconical, their diameter equal or less than half distance between front margin of eye and hind margin of pterygium; rostrum with sides not or weakly convergent apicad; protibiae widely truncate before apex; scales ochreous ............................................................................................................................................................. 3

3 Eyes small, their diameter evidently narrower than epistome; antennae more robust, desmomere 4 moniliform to transverse ....................................................................................................................................................... P. eremita

- Eyes larger, their diameter subequal to epistomal width; antennae more slender, desmomere 4 oblong ...................... ................................................................................................................................................................... P. tenuicornis

4 Frons evidently higher than upper ocular margin in lateral view .................................................................... P. rustica

- Frons more or less concave in lateral view, not higher than upper ocular margin........................................................ 5

5 Elytral setae semierect to reclinate; scape usually incrassate from base to apex ......................................................... 6

- Elytral setae appressed; scape usually robust, not or scarcely incrassate from base to apex, sometimes compressed near base ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8

6 Body outline short and robust; scales ochreous, grey or coppery (Catalonia) .............................................. P. grenierii

- Body outline elongate; scales usually turquoise to emerald green (Andalusia) .......................................................... 7

7 Elytra with reclinate, moderately robust setae; rostrum subquadrate; legs and antennae more robust; aedeagus with sides in dorsal view weakly rounded before apex ( Fig. 19a) ..................................................................... P. gougeletii

- Elytra with semierect, slender setae; rostrum longer than wide; legs and antennae more slender; aedeagus in dorsal view subtrapezoidal at apex ( Fig. 24a) .......................................................................................................... P. alonsoi

8 Eyes large, flattened (Catalonia, Valencia, Murcia, Madrid) ........................................................................................ 9

- Eyes small, rather convex (Andalusia) ...................................................................................................................... 12

9 Body outline robust; elytra with very irregularly distributed setae, in apical half with groups of more robust setae inserted in usually bare areoles; size larger in mean: 3.9–6.6 mm (southwards not beyond province of Castellón) .... .................................................................................................................................................................................... 10

- Body outline more slender; elytra, even in apical half, with more or less regularly distributed setae or, if grouped, not more robust than elsewhere; size smaller in mean: 3.5–5.0 mm (northwards not beyond province of Valencia) ..... 11

10 Pronotum strongly transverse; elytra very briefly oval, with dorsal setae elongate (Catalonia) ........... P. adusticornis

- Pronotum weakly transverse; elytra more or less elongate, with dorsal setae spatuliform, short (Catalonia, Madrid). .......................................................................................................................................................................... P. prolixa

11 Elytra markedly elongate, usually sides subparallel; rostrum with subparallel sides, pterygia not or scarcely prominent; pronotum with sides weakly sinuate, wider than or at least as wide as apex; size 4.0–5.0 mm (Murcia, Alicante, Valencia) ................................................................................................................................................ P. quadraticollis

- Elytra not or scarcely elongate, more or less rounded at sides; sides of rostrum convergent apicad, pterygia marked; pronotum with sides distinctly sinuate, narrower at base than at apex; size 3.5–4.5 mm (Valencia) ............. P. lepida

12 Antennal scape devoid of scales (? Catalonia,? Mallorca) ...................................................................... P. necessaria

- Antennal scape squamulate (Andalusia) ................................................................................................................... 13

13 Rostrum subquadrate, pterygia confluent in outline with lateral margin of rostrum (fig. 1-Bd); scape with very elongate scales, hardly different from setae; colour ochreous (Sierra de Cazorla) .............................................. P. baetica

- Rostrum transverse, pterygia abruptly projecting, though weakly, from lateral margins of rostrum (fig. 1-Bc); scape with scales clearly different from setae; colour grey (Sierra de Jaén) ................................................ P. kiesenwetterii