Cleidella, Roza & Mermudes, 2020

Roza, André Silva & Mermudes, José Ricardo Miras, 2020, A new genus of railroad-worm beetles from the Atlantic Rainforest from Brazil (Coleoptera: Phengodidae, Mastinocerinae), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 60 (10), pp. 1-12 : 9

Key to the species of Cleidella gen. nov.

1. Body overall dark brown; eyes, in lateral view, with posterior margin vertical and slightly reniform ( Fig. 1C ); pronotum 1.1× wider than long ( Fig. 1E )................................................................ C.picea sp.nov.

1’. Body overall yellowish light-brown; eyes,in lateral view, with posterior margin strongly obliquely projected ( Fig. 6E ); pronotum 1.4× wider than long ( Fig.6F ).................................................... C.silveirai sp.nov.

Figures

Figure 1. Cleidella picea gen. nov. et sp.nov., holotype male: (A) habitus, dorsal;(B) habitus,lateral; (C) head and pronotum, lateral;(D) antenna,lateral; (E) head and pronotum,dorsal;(F) head and prosternum,ventral.

Figure 6.Cleidella silveirai gen.nov.et sp.nov.,holotype male:(A) habitus,dorsal;(B) habitus,lateral;(C) antenna,specimen from Teresópolis;(D) antenna,specimen from Ilha Grande;(E)head and pronotum,lateral;(F) head and pronotum,dorsal.