Euborellia, Burr, 1910

Kočárek, Petr, 2011, Dermaptera of Iran with description of Euborellia angustata sp. nov., Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 51 (2), pp. 381-390 : 384

Key to the species of Euborellia of the Middle East

Species of the genus Euborellia occurring in the Middle East geographic region ( Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen) can be separated by the following key:

1 (2) Tegminae and wings fully developed. ........... E. femoralis (Dohrn, 1863) ( Iran, Iraq)

2 (1) Tegminae short, reduced or absent; wings rudimentary, concealed, or absent. ......... 5

3 (6) Tegminae present, even though rudimentary. ............................................................. 4

4 (5) Eyes large, as long as antennomere 1; antennomere 1 shorter than distance between antennal bases; male forceps usually with tooth on dorsal surface basally. .................. ......................................................................................... E. moesta Géné, 1839 ( Iran)

5 (4) Eyes small, diameter lesser than antennomere 1; antennomere 1 as long as or longer than distance between antennal bases; male forceps without tooth on dorsal surface basally. ........................................................ E. sakaii Steinmann, 1978 ( Afghanistan)

6 (3) Tegminae completely absent. ..................................................................................... 7

7 (8) Legs yellow, femora with conspicuous dark or black rings; pronotum wider than long. ............................ E. annulipes (Lucas, 1847) ( Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria)

8 (7) Legs uniformly yellow, pronotum longer than wide. ...... E. angustata sp. nov. ( Iran)