Laemophloeus, Dejean
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5072.3.4 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0A79B5C3-E1A8-4FBF-A136-57D46591B250 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5747996 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C87D9-FFB0-9E43-C3F1-FAB852ADF87C |
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Laemophloeus |
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Identification key to species of Laemophloeus View in CoL View at ENA with antennal club of 6 or more antennomeres [modified from Thomas (2013)].
1. Elytra maculate ....................................................................................... 4
— Elytra not maculate; may be infuscate..................................................................... 2
2(1). Male clypeus with deep antennal emarginations; body color more or less uniformly testaceous or dark testaceous...........3
— Male clypeus with shallow antennal emarginations; head and pronotum dark testaceous, elytra testaceous, infuscate medially................................................................................... L. concinnus Thomas
3(2). Frons without V-shaped excavation, with longitudinal line usually deeply impressed; lateral sides of head not excavated, with eyes not laterally protruding; antennal emarginations of clypeus rounded...................... L. sexarticulatus Kessel
— Frons with a broad, V-shaped excavation, with longitudinal line effaced to barely defined; lateral sides of head strongly excavated, with laterally protruding, somewhat pedunculated eyes; antennal emarginations of clypeus somewhat V-shaped..................................................................................... L. souzalimai sp. nov.
4(1). Frons unmodified, not excavate; ground color of body testaceous; elytra dark basally and along suture, forming ill-defined, pale, elongate, maculae............................................................... L. macrognathus Reitter
— Frons medially excavate; ground color of body castaneous or piceous; elytra with well-defined pale maculae.............5
5(4). Medial excavation of frons broadly V-shaped; surface of head between punctures smooth, not microreticulate; genal processes anteriorly projected................................................................... L. germaini Grouvelle
— Medial excavation of frons as a deep groove; surface of head between punctures strongly microreticulate; genal processes unprojected.......................................................................... L. buenavista Thomas
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