Praocis (Hemipraocis) sellata Berg, 1889

Flores, Gustavo E., Carrara, Rodolfo & Cheli, Germán H., 2011, Three new Praociini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Peninsula Valdés (Argentina), with zoogeographical and ecological remarks, Zootaxa 2965, pp. 39-50 : 42

Praocis (Hemipraocis) sellata Berg, 1889

This species is characterized by its round shape, width of elytra equal to length, and lateral margin of pronotum and elytron with long, black setae ( Kulzer 1958). The most recent key for the subgenus Hemipraocis is that by Kulzer (1958) to separate three subspecies of Praocis (Hemipraocis) sellata Berg and other five species. Later, Kaszab (1964) described Praocis (Hemipraocis) sellata topali which is synonymized in this paper with P. (H.) sellata bruchi . Flores (2007, 2009) established three synonymies within the subgenus. A new key to identify the current five subspecies of Praocis (Hemipraocis) sellata is herein provided. Type material examined in the present study for Praocis (Hemipraocis) sellata sellata Berg and P. (Hemipraocis) sellata bergi Kulzer 1958 is listed in Appendix 2 and for P. (Hemipraocis) sellata bruchi in the previous section.