Ora

Libonatti, María Laura, 2015, A revision of the genus Ora Clark, 1865 (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) in Argentina (part II) — redescriptions, updated distributions and a key to species, Zootaxa 3985 (1), pp. 69-97 : 96-97

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.1.4

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6102115

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scientific name

Ora
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Key to the Argentine species of the genus Ora View in CoL View at ENA

1 Body reddish testaceous with antennae, legs and apical part of elytra dark brown to black ( Figs. 1–3 View FIGURES 1 – 12 )................................................................................................... Ora atroapicalis Pic, 1928

- Body differently colored............................................................................... 2

2 Head, pronotum and scutellar shield brown, elytra uniformly yellow or yellow with brown spots ( Figs. 20, 21 View FIGURES 13 – 25 ).......................................................................................... Ora semibrunnea Pic, 1922

- Body differently colored............................................................................... 3

3 TL less than 3.0 mm ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1 – 12 ).......................................................... Ora bivittata Pic, 1922

- TL more than 3.5 mm ................................................................................. 4

4 Elytra with a zigzag yellow mark enclosed by brown areas ( Figs. 18, 19 View FIGURES 13 – 25 ). Penis L-shaped in ventral aspect ( Fig. 100 View FIGURES 93 – 100 ).......................................................................................................... 5

- Elytra differently colored. Penis not L-shaped............................................................... 6

5 Body oval, TL/EW 1.3–1.4 ( Libonatti 2014: fig. 22). Penis narrower, with a shorter lateral protuberance ( Libonatti 2014: fig. 38)..................................................................... Ora brevieminentia Libonatti, 2014

- Body oblong oval, TL/EW 1.7–1.8 ( Figs. 18, 19 View FIGURES 13 – 25 ). Penis broader, with a longer lateral protuberance ( Fig. 100 View FIGURES 93 – 100 )........................................................................................... Ora platensis Brèthes, 1925

6 Body broadly oval ( Figs. 6–12 View FIGURES 1 – 12 ). Elytra punctation not uniform, with intermixed coarser punctures. Penis rod-shaped ( Figs. 68 View FIGURES 58 – 69 , 117 View FIGURES 107 – 118 ). Prehensor without well-defined sclerites ( Figs. 54 View FIGURES 52 – 57 , 74 View FIGURES 70 – 78 , 122 View FIGURES 119 – 124 )................................................ 7

- Body oval or elliptical ( Figs. 13–17, 22–25 View FIGURES 13 – 25 ). Elytra punctation uniform, without intermixed coarser punctures. Penis not rodshaped ( Figs. 86 View FIGURES 79 – 86 , 133 View FIGURES 125 – 133 ). Prehensor with well-defined sclerites ( Figs. 90 View FIGURES 87 – 92 , 138,139)................................... 9

7 Body wider, TL/EW 1.1–1.2. Elytra yellow with pale spots ( Libonatti 2014: figs. 23, 24). Left-handed surface of tegmen spiny ( Libonatti 2014: figs. 55, 57). Anterior part of bursal sclerite not folded, with a single central tooth, margin rectangularly notched, middle part with a pair of shorter and narrower teeth ( Libonatti 2014: figs. 61, 62)..................................................................................................... Ora megadepressa Libonatti, 2014

- Body narrower, TL/EW 1.4–1.5. Elytra yellow with or without brown spots ( Figs. 6–12 View FIGURES 1 – 12 ). Left-handed surface of tegmen not spiny ( Fig. 62 View FIGURES 58 – 69 ). Anterior part of bursal sclerite folded, with three teeth, margin not notched or ovally notched, middle part with a pair of longer and broader teeth ( Figs. 55–57 View FIGURES 52 – 57 , 75, 76 View FIGURES 70 – 78 )...................................................... 8

8 Elytra yellow with non-coalescent small brown spots ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 1 – 12 ). Anterior margin of bursal sclerite rounded, not notched ( Fig. 56 View FIGURES 52 – 57 ).................................................................................... Ora bruchi Pic, 1928

- Elytra yellow, without spots ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 1 – 12 ) or with small brown spots ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 1 – 12 ), usually coalescing in larger spots in the anterior 1/3 ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 1 – 12 ), or with a rounded brown spot ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 1 – 12 ), or with a brown basal fascia ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 1 – 12 ). Anterior margin of bursal sclerite notched ( Figs. 77, 78 View FIGURES 70 – 78 ).......................................................... Ora depressa ( Fabricius, 1801)

9 Body oval. Elytra testaceous to brown, not costulate, without a trifurcate black mark on apex ( Figs. 22–25 View FIGURES 13 – 25 ). Tegmen with two apical lobes: a digitiform left-handed lobe and a very acute and curved right-handed lobe ( Fig. 132 View FIGURES 125 – 133 ). Prehensor with two rows of spiny sclerites ( Fig. 139 View FIGURES 134 – 143 )........................................................... Ora wagneri ( Pic, 1928)

- Body elliptical. Elytra testaceous to brown, costulate, with a trifurcate black mark on apex ( Figs. 13–17 View FIGURES 13 – 25 ). Tegmen with one digitiform apical lobe ( Fig. 85 View FIGURES 79 – 86 ). Prehensor without rows of spiny sclerites ( Fig. 90 View FIGURES 87 – 92 )................................ 10

10 Body smaller, TL 4.1–4.9. Tegmen with a right-handed spiny region ( Fig. 85 View FIGURES 79 – 86 ). Dorsal appendix of penis with the lateral margins straight, diverging posteriorly to the broadly rounded apex; ventral appendix of penis straight in its major part, slightly curved at apex ( Fig. 86 View FIGURES 79 – 86 ). Prehensor chair-shaped ( Fig. 90 View FIGURES 87 – 92 ).............................. Ora mediolineata ( Pic, 1928)

- Body larger, TL 4.9–6.0. Tegmen without spiny regions ( Libonatti 2014: fig. 73). Dorsal appendix of penis broadened at middle, then lateral margins converging posteriorly to the obliquely truncate apex; ventral appendix of penis uniformly curved ( Libonatti 2014: fig. 72). Prehensor boxing-glove-shaped ( Libonatti 2014: fig. 80)......... Ora sigmoidea Libonatti, 2014

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scirtidae

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