Lymantes, Schoenherr

Anderson, Robert S., 2022, A new species of eyeless Lymantes Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Lymantini) from Texas caves, Zootaxa 5087 (2), pp. 383-388 : 386

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.8
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5D23F428-8BF9-48DE-B05A-2509C6711F81
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5828160
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B087C5-BC12-FFA5-CFF0-94A857B7F84E
treatment provided by	Plazi (2022-01-06 07:28:48, last updated 2024-11-24 21:50:30)
scientific name	Lymantes
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Key to species of eyeless Texas Lymantes View in CoL

1 Dorsal pronotal and elytral vestiture longer, clearly visible in lateral view ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–4 ). Body form more elongate narrow, L/W pronotum 1.30–1.50, L/W elytra 2.00–2.10 ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–4 ); aedeagus with apex slightly produced at middle ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 5–7 )................................................................................................ L. nadineae Anderson View in CoL

1’ Dorsal pronotal and elytral vestiture shorter, not clearly visible in lateral view ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–4 ). Body form more robust, L/W pronotum 1.10–1.25, L/W elytra 1.60–1.75 ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–4 ); aedeagus with apex broadly truncate ( Figs. 5–6 View FIGURES 5–7 )...................................................................................................... L. reddelli Anderson new species

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FIGURES 1–4. Lymantes species. 1. Lymantes reddelli, dorsal habitus (holotype; Arrow Cave). 2. Lymantes reddelli, lateral habitus (holotype; Arrow Cave). 3. Lymantes nadineae, dorsal habitus (Zapata Cave). 4. Lymantes nadineae, lateral habitus (Zapata Cave).

FIGURES 5–7. Lymantes species, aedeagus, dorsal view. 5. Lymantes reddelli (paratype; Sinky Dinky). 6. Lymantes reddelli (paratype; Finnegan Spring). 7. Lymantes nadineae (holotype; Electro-Mag Cave). Scale bar = 0.2 mm.