Saprositellus

Stebnicka, Zdzisława Teresa, 2003, The Genus Saprositellus Balthasar, with Descriptions of Three New Neotropical Species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Odontolochini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 57 (4), pp. 451-457 : 456

Key to the Species of Saprositellus

1 Pronotum trapezoid; elytra strongly widened in apical third, strial punctures moderate in size, intervals twice as wide as striae; posterior edge of meso- and metafemora strongly lobed at middle; Peru - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - S. peruanus n. sp.

19 Pronotum subquadrate; elytra slightly widened in apical third or parallel-sided, strial punctures coarse, intervals slightly wider than striae or narrower; posterior edge of meso- and metafemora slightly lobed medially or unlobed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2

2 Pronotal punctures on disc separated by about one diameter, base lacking marginal line; elytral intervals slightly wider than striae, convex; posterior edge of meso- and metafemora slightly lobed medially; Brazil, Peru - - - - - - - - - S. denticulatus Balthasar

29 Pronotal punctures on disc separated by less than one diameter, base with marginal line; elytral intervals narrower than striae, carinate; posterior edge of meso- and metafemora unlobed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3

3 Elytral humeral denticles large; basal tarsomere of metatarsus equal in length to second tarsomere; Brazil, Bolivia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - S. ariquemes n. sp.

39 Elytral humeral denticles small; basal tarsomere of metatarsus longer than second tarsomere; Panama - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - S. santaritae n. sp.