Trichiotes Casey, 1907

Wirth, Christopher C. & Smith, Aaron D., 2017, Review of the genus Trichiotes Casey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Edrotini), with the description of a new species and a preliminary checklist of the Tenebrionidae from Cuatrociénegas, Mexico, Zootaxa 4347 (3), pp. 533-542 : 539

Key to the species of Trichiotes Casey

1 Abdominal ventrites 1 and 2 each with a single row of stridulatory pegs ( Fig. 3B ), pronotum strongly posteriorly constricted, anterior pronotal margin ~1.4× posterior margin length ( Fig. 3A )........................... Trichiotes lightfooti n. sp.

- Abdominal ventrite 1 with a single row of pegs and ventrite 2 with multiple, confused rows of stridulatory pegs ( Fig. 3D ), pronotum not posteriorly constricted, anterior pronotal margin ~1.1× posterior margin length ( Fig. 3B )...................................................................................................... Trichiotes seriatus Casey

Figures

FIGURE 3. A) Trichiotes lightfooti pronotum (foveae and setae omitted). B) Trichiotes seriatus pronotum (foveae and setae omitted). C) Trichiotes lightfooti abdominal ventrites 1 and 2. D) Trichiotes seriatus abdominal ventrites 1 and 2. E) Proximal extent of T. lightfooti metafemora and metatibia.