Novantinoe, Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007

Botero, Juan Pablo & Almeida, Lúcia M., 2019, New species and new geographical records in Disteniidae (Coleoptera, Chrysomeloidea) with revised keys to species of Novantinoe and American species of Distenia (Distenia), Zootaxa 4590 (1), pp. 40-58 : 40-58

Key to species of Novantinoe

(modified and translated from Santos-Silva & Hovore 2007b)

1. Inner and outer apical projections of metafemora equal or subequal in length and with the same shape (two rounded lobes, two triangular lobes or two spines)........................................................................... 2

- Apical projections of metafemora different in size and shape.................................................. 31

2(1) Elytra bicolorous...................................................................................... 3

- Elytra unicolorous.................................................................................... 14

3(2) Humeri yellowish; upper ocular lobes small, distance between them 3 times width of one upper lobe. Costa Rica....................................................................................... N. hovorei Santos-Silva, 2007 .

- Humeri reddish, dark brown or blackish; upper ocular lobes greater, distance between them smaller than 2 times width of one upper lobe........................................................................................... 4

4(3) Elytral apex obliquely truncate (external apical angle absent), uniformly acute, or rounded............................ 5

- Elytral apex straightly truncate (external apical angle projected or spinose)....................................... 10

5(4). Scape notably slender; elytra without narrow dark band along suture............................................. 6

- Scape thick; elytra with narrow, dark band along suture....................................................... 7

6(5). Scape thick, not or slightly long than maximum prothoracic width Mexico (Oaxaca)............................................................................................ N. oaxaquena Botero, Heffern & Santos-Silva, 2018

- Scape notably slender, notably longer than maximum prothoracic width. Bolivia (La Paz)...... N. pegnai (Hüdepohl, 1989)

7(5). Elytral apex uniformly acute............................................................................. 8

- Elytral apex obliquely truncate or narrowly rounded.......................................................... 9

8(7) Scape distinctly widened toward apex, not rugose. Mexico (Oaxaca)...... N. fabiolae Botero, Heffern & Santos-Silva, 2018

- Scape gradually widened toward apex, distinctly rugose. Mexico (Oaxaca)........ N. hefferni Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007

9(7). Broadest width of upper eye lobe slightly shorter than broadest width of scape; elytra with spine at outer angle. Nicaragua...................................................................... N. payettei Santos-Silva & Le Tirant, 2016

- Broadest width of upper eye lobe distinctly shorter than broadest width of scape; elytra without spine at outer angle. Guatemala................................................................... N. cristinae Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007

10(4) Pronotum with coarse punctures around the central gibbosity; each elytron with a light longitudinal band. Mexico (Hidalgo, Puebla).............................................................. N. morrisi Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007

- Pronotum smooth or with fine punctures around the central gibbosity; each elytron with, at least, three light transverse bands.................................................................................................... 11

11(10) Elytral apex dark. Mexico (Veracruz), Guatemala....................................... N. fulvopicta (Bates, 1885)

- Elytral apex light..................................................................................... 12

12(11) Apical fourth of elytra light. Guatemala.................................... N. thomasi Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007

- Only the apical extremity light.......................................................................... 13

13(12) Body slender. Mexico (Veracruz), Guatemala, Honduras.................................. N. agriloides (Bates, 1885)

- Body robust. Nicaragua, Costa Rica......................................... N. solisi Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007

14(2) Ventral face of scape with evident tubercles................................................................ l5

- Ventral face of scape smooth or subsmooth................................................................ l6

15(14) Ventral face of scape with small tubercles; femora reddish with blackish apex. French Guiana, Brazil (Amazonas)....................................................................................... N. guyanensis (Villiers, 1959)

- Ventral face of scape with large tubercles; femora light brown at base and dark brown at the rest of the surface. Brazil (Amazonas, Pará)...................................................................... N. denticornis (Bates, 1870)

16(14) Scape transversely striate at dorsal face................................................................... 17

- Scape punctate at dorsal face........................................................................... 19

17(16) Scape yellowish. Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia (Choco, Valle del Cauca)............ N. spinosa (Bates, 1885)

- Scape brown or dark brown............................................................................ 18

18(17) Pronotum subsmooth or with fine punctures. Ecuador................................ N. equatoriensis (Villiers, 1959)

- Pronotum with coarse punctures. Peru............................................. N. tumidicollis (Villiers, 1959)

19(16) Femora blackish or brownish at apical half or at apex........................................................ 20

- Femora unicolorous, reddish or brown.................................................................... 24

20(19) Femora darkish just at apical extremity. Ecuador............................. N. lezamai Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007

- Femora darkish, at minimum, at apical half................................................................ 21

21(20) Elytra pubescent. Ecuador........................................... N. cotopaxiana Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007

- Elytra not pubescent.................................................................................. 22

22(20) Central area from pronotum with long setae. Colombia (Magdalena)............ N. chemsaki Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007

- Central area from pronotum glabrous..................................................................... 23

23(22) Pronotum rugose around central gibbosity; metaventrite without coarse punctures. Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico..................................................................................... N. darlingtoni (Fisher, 1942)

- Pronotum punctate around central gibbosity; metaventrite with coarse punctures, mainly laterally. Puerto Rico............................................................................ N. puertoricensis (Lingafelter & Micheli, 2004)

24(19) Elytra light.......................................................................................... 25

- Elytra dark.......................................................................................... 26

25(24) Pronotum dark. Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia (Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander, Valle del Cauca), Ecuador....................................................................................... N. bicolor (Thomson, 1864)

- Pronotum light. Venezuela............................................................ N. rufa (Villiers, 1959) 26(24) Elytra pubescent and with scattered long setae.............................................................. 27

- Elytra not pubescent and with dense and long setae.......................................................... 30

27(26) Scape dark. Colombia (Nariño), Ecuador, Peru................................. N. iani Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007

- Scape light.......................................................................................... 28

28(27). Scape dorsally flattened on basal half. Bolivia (Cochabamba)............................. N. germaini (Villiers, 1959)

- Scape not flattened on basal half......................................................................... 29

29(28). Elytral apex truncate; apex of meso- and metafemora with spine on both sides. Venezuela.................................................................................................... N. jolyi Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007

- Elytral apex acute; apex of meso- and metafemora rounded on both sides. Mexico (Chiapas)............................................................................................. N. noguerai Santos-Silva & Le Tirant, 2016

30(26) Pronotum with coarse and dense punctures; legs light. Colombia (Valle del Cauca)....................................................................................................... N. monnei Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007

- Pronotum subsmooth; legs dark. Costa Rica, Panama...................... N. lingafelteri Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007

31(l) Elytra bicolorous. Panama................................................ N. decora Bezark & Santos-Silva, 2013

- Elytra unicolorous.................................................................................... 32

32(31) Elytra light.......................................................................................... 33

- Elytra dark.......................................................................................... 34

33(32) Last maxillary palpomere wide in females and strongly wide in males; scape slightly wide at apex in both sexes. Ecuador................................................................... N. mariahelenae Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007

- Last maxillary palpomere narrow in females (male unknown); scape wide towards apex in females (male unknown). Ecuador............................................................................. N. unidentata (Villiers, 1959)

34(32) Pronotum without setae between gibbosities. Colombia (Cundinamarca)............ N. birai Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007

- Pronotum with long and sparse setae between gibbosities..................................................... 35

35(34) Humeri granulated ( Fig. 28 ). Ecuador, Colombia (Amazonas), Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, Rondônia)................................................................................................... N. peruviensis (Villiers, 1959)

- Humeri smooth or subsmooth (without evident tubercles)..................................................... 36

36(35) Apex of metafemora with outer long spine and inner triangular projection (projections clearly different)................ 37

- Apex of metafemora with outer short spine or triangular lobe and inner triangular lobe, or outer and inner spine, with the inner being shorter........................................................................................ 38

37(36) Palpomeres and legs light orange; lateral tubercles of prothorax slender and long ( Fig. 26 ); median gibbosity of pronotum more elevated ( Figs. 26–27 ). Ecuador............................................ N. rileyi Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007

- Palpomeres and legs dark; lateral tubercles of prothorax uniformly and gradually narrowed toward apex ( Fig. 25 ); median gibbosity of pronotum poorly elevated ( Figs. 21–25 ). Ecuador........................................ N. vivida sp. nov.

38(36) Tibiae darkish. Panama................................................. N. wappesi Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007

- Tibiae, mostly, yellowish or reddish...................................................................... 39

39(38) Elytra coarsely punctate; inner apex of metafemora with spine. Colombia (Boyacá)............ N. mathani (Villiers, 1959)

- Elytra not coarsely punctate; inner apex of metafemora with triangular lobe. Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama........................................................................................... N. cribristernis (Bates, 1885)

Figures

FIGURES 21–28. 21–25, Novantinoe vivida sp. nov., holotype, female: 21, dorsal view; 22, ventral view; 23, lateral view; 24, head, frontal view; 25, head, dorsal view. 26–27, Novantinoe rileyi, male: 26, detail of head, dorsal view; 27, dorsal view. 28, Novantinoe peruviensis, female, dorsal view.