Hedyphanes, Fischer von Waldheim, 1820

Nabozhenko, Maxim, Keskin, Bekir & Papadopoulou, Anna, 2020, Two new species and new records of darkling beetles of the tribe Helopini from Turkey and Cyprus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (2), pp. 411-417 : 413

Key to species of the genus Hedyphanes from Turkey

The key is modified from NΑΒοΖ*üΕΝΚο (2013). Hedyphanes roznerorum (Nabozhenko, 2008) represents a junior synonym of H. lutosus Allard, 1877 (NΑΒοΖ*üΕΝΚο 2020); therefore, we use only the senior name in the key.

1 Elytral intervals covered with small granules and short strong setae. .............................. H. lutosus Allard, 1877

– Elytral intervals punctured. ........................................... 2

2 Prothoracic hypomera, metaventrite and abdominal ventrites 1–3 covered with dense granules, epipleura with sparse small granules. Elytra with very small humeral angles. ..................... H. cordicollis Seidlitz, 1896

– Prothoracic hypomera, metaventrite and abdominal ventrites 1–3 punctated with simple or asperate punctures. Humeral angles absent. ..................................... 3

3 Prothoracic hypomera with simple round punctures. Body length 8 mm. ............................................................ ............................... H. khachikovi Nabozhenko, 2013

– Prothoracic hypomera with aspirate punctures. Body length more than 10 mm. .............................................. 4

4 Elytra oval, sides of elytral base bare. Lateral margins of pronotum shortly sinuate near base. Body with bluish tint. ...................... H. mannerheimi Faldermann, 1837

– Elytra subparallel, sides of elytral base weakly pubescent. Lateral margins of pronotum evenly rounded. Body black, without bluish tint. ..... H. kmenti sp. nov.