Falsopedilus, Gompel & Telnov, 2023

Gompel, Nicolas & Telnov, Dmitry, 2023, On the taxonomic status of the tenebrionoid genera Falsopedilus Pic, 1924 and Hintonosia Báguena Corella, 1948 (Coleoptera: Mycteridae) with descriptions of new species, Zootaxa 5318 (3), pp. 421-431 : 430

Key to species of Falsopedilus

The present key is adapted for ♁♁ since ♀♀ remain unknown for most of the taxa.

1. Dorsum generally brown with paler suture and base of pronotum; ♁ frons about 1.2× as wide as dorsal eye length; apicoventral binding patch of ♁ elytron not convex................................................ F. grossepunctatus , sp. nov.

-. Dorsum brown with paler suture or black to black-brown; ♁ frons narrow, about 0.4–0.6× as wide as dorsal eye length; apicoventral binding patch of ♁ elytron barely to distinctly convex............................................. 2

2. Dorsum generally brown with paler suture; ♁ antennomeres 4–10 each with lateral lobe not exceeding length of corresponding antennomere............................................................................... F. elongatus

-. Dorsum uniformly black to black-brown; ♁ antennomeres 4–10 each with lateral lobe exceeding length of corresponding antennomere........................................................................................ 3

3. Median lobe of aedeagus comparatively wider ( Figure 2G ); apicoventral binding patch of ♁ elytron comparatively stronger convex; ♁ elytron comparatively stronger, coarser punctured; distal tooth of ♁ antennomere three comparatively larger ( Figure 2K )............................................................................ F. aristophanousi , sp. nov.

-. Median lobe of aedeagus comparatively slender ( Figure 2E ); apicoventral binding patch of ♁ elytron flatter; ♁ elytron comparatively less strongly punctured; distal tooth of ♁ antennomere three shorter ( Figure 2I )................................................................................................... F. bismacrocephalus , comb. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Antennae and ♁ genitalia of Falsopedilus species. Tegmen (A–D), aedeagus (E–H), and right ♁ antenna (I–L) of Falsopedilus bismacrocephalus (Báguena Corella, 1948) (A, E, I); Falsopedilus elongatus (Pic, 1921) (B, F, J); Falsopedilus aristophanousi, n. sp. (C, G, K) and Falsopedilus grossepunctatus, n. sp. (D, H, L). M, ♀ ovipositor of Falsopedilus elongatus (Pic, 1921). Note the different conformation of antennomeres 3 (arrowhead) and 11 (arrow) among these species. Scale bars: 100 µm.