Anaedus Blanchard, 1845

Wang, Feng-Yan & Ren, Guo-Dong, 2007, Four new species and a new record of Anaedus from China (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), Zootaxa 1642, pp. 33-41 : 33-34

Key to known Chinese species of Anaedus Blanchard, 1845

1. Elytral margins distinctly serrated through most of length ..................................... A. pluridentatus sp. nov.

- Only base of elytral with fine teeth.............................................................................................................. 2

2. Legs sexually dimorphic, meso- and metatibiae in males with multiple fine serrated teeth in apical half, dorsum covered with slightly short and sparse pubescence ........................................................................ 3

- Legs without sexual dimorphism, dorsum covered with very dense and long pubescence ........................ 5

3. Antennae without sexual dimorphism, flattened sides of pronotum somewhat upturned............................. ................................................................................................................................ A. tibiodentatus sp. nov.

- Antennae sexually dimorphic, in males with a spiny prolonged 5th antennomere, flattened sides of prono- tum not upturned.......................................................................................................................................... 4

4. Tibiae with oval excavation .............................................................................. A. spinicornis Kaszab, 1973

- Tibiae without oval excavation ..................................................................... A. mroczkowskii Kaszab, 1968

5. Lateral margins of pronotum undulate, with only one small tooth at each side ......................................... 6

- Lateral margins of pronotum undulate, without teeth .............................................. A. substriatus Pic, 1938

6. The vertical posterior surface of the prothorax with a pair of teeth which bent downwards, basal margin of pronotum comparatively narrowly arcuate in middle ............................................... A. unidentatus sp. nov.

- The vertical posterior surface of the prothorax without teeth, basal margin of pronotum widely arcuate in middle ......................................................................................................................... A. basilatilus sp. nov.