Euschizomerus, Chaudoir, 1850

Jithmon, V. A. & Thomas, Sabu K., 2018, Taxonomy of Euschizomerus Chaudoir 1850 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Panagaeinae) from India with a new species and new synonym, Zootaxa 4471 (2), pp. 361-368 : 362

Key to the Indian species of the Genus Euschizomerus

1. Pronotal antero-lateral margin with wing like expansion in the anterior half........................ E. denticollis Kollar

- Pronotal antero-lateral margins without wing like expansion in the anterior half.................................... 2

2. Lateral margin of pronotum pointed in the middle. Blackish green pronotum, dark metallic green...... E. metallicus Harold

- Lateral margin of pronotum not pointed in the middle. Black pronotum and elytra.................................. 3

3. Lateral side or edge of pronotum expanded, antennae brownish black............................. E. aeneus Chaudoir

- Lateral sides or edge of pronotum rounded. Antennae black or reddish yellow...................................... 4

4. Elytral apex obliquely truncate and not emarginated. Antennae black, palps and legs dark brown, anterior half of last labial and maxillary palpomere black............................................................ E. devagiriensis sp. nov.

- Elytral apex sinuated and emarginated, palps, antennae and legs reddish yellow, anterior half of last labial and maxillary palpomere dark reddish yellow............................................................. E. indicus Jedlicka