Dolichurus Latreille, 1809
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4821.1.6 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4434757 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2D07879E-FFA0-FF95-AE87-FA9C52ACAE4E |
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Plazi |
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Dolichurus Latreille |
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Key to species of Dolichurus Latreille View in CoL from the Indian subcontinent
(Modified from Tsuneki 1992; Girish Kumar and Sheikh 2018; females unknown in D. chareshi sp. nov., D. gilberti and D. venkataramani )
1. Female............................................................................................. 2
- Male............................................................................................... 9
2. T4–T6 black; clypeus with or without median carina......................................................... 3
- T4–T6 reddish brown ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 30–36. 30 ); clypeus with median longitudinal carina on basal half.................. D. gilberti Turner View in CoL
3. Clypeus with median longitudinal carina nearly reaching apical margin.......................... D. taprobanae Smith View in CoL
- Clypeus without any such median carina, if present, then weak and restricted to basal half............................ 4
4. Sternaulus on mesopleuron distinct....................................................................... 5
- Sternaulus on mesopleuron indistinct or lacking............................................................. 7
5. Clypeus, frons, pronotum and scutellum with long macrosetae; clypeus black, without white markings.................. 6
- Clypeus, frons, pronotum and scutellum without such macrosetae; clypeus with white markings ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 30–36. 30 )................................................................................................. D. albifacies Krombein View in CoL
6. Distinct anterior bordering transverse carina present on pronotal collar ( Fig.19 View FIGURES 16–22 )............................................................................................... D. sahyadriensis Anagha and Girish Kumar sp. nov.
- Anterior bordering transverse carina absent on pronotal collar................................. D. silvicola Krombein View in CoL
7. Anterior bordering transverse carina absent on pronotal collar.................................................. 8
- Distinct anterior bordering transverse carina present on pronotal collar ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 30–36. 30 ).......... D. amamiensis Tsuneki and Iida View in CoL
8. Vertex flat; frons coarsely sculptured with large subcontiguous punctures ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 30–36. 30 ); mandible, except apex, and fore tibia dark.............................................................................. D. lankensis Krombein View in CoL
- Vertex arched; frons moderately sculptured with larger punctures confluent in longitudinal rows along inner eye margin, tiny punctures adjacent to frontal platform and a small impunctate areas halfway between anterior ocellus and frontal platform ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 30–36. 30 ); mandible and fore tibia beneath light red.............................................. D. aridulus Krombein View in CoL
9. Clypeus black without white markings, T1 and T2 with or without impunctate area................................ 10
- Clypeus with white markings; T1 and T2 with large impunctate areas.......................... D. albifacies Krombein View in CoL
10. T1 and T2 entirely punctured........................................................................... 11
- Coarse punctures absent on posterior third of T1 and T2...................................................... 16
11. Mesopleuron rugulose reticulate ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 30–36. 30 )................................................................. 12
- Mesopleuron differently sculptured...................................................................... 14
12. Distinct anterior bordering transverse carina present on pronotal collar.................. D. amamiensis Tsuneki and Iida View in CoL
- Anterior bordering transverse carina absent on pronotal collar................................................. 13
13. Clypeus with median carina reaching apical margin; hind basitarsus paler than the remaining tarsal segments............................................................................................... D. aridulus Krombein View in CoL
- Clypeus without median carina; hind basitarsus not conspicuously paler than the remaining tarsal segments................................................................................................ D. lankensis Krombein View in CoL
14. Mesopleuron shiny with scattered tiny setaceous punctures ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 30–36. 30 ); frontal platform broader than long............... 15
- Mesopleuron shiny with distinct coarse setaceous punctures, punctures in median region with widened interspaces ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1–7 ); frontal platform as broad as long.................................... D. chareshi Anagha and Girish Kumar sp. nov.
15. Punctures of T1–T3 mostly separated by the average puncture diameter.......................... D. taprobanae Smith View in CoL
- Punctures of T1–T3, especially on T1, scattered and, in the median region, separated by 2 to 3× the average puncture diameter............................................................. D. venkataramani Girish Kumar and Sheikh View in CoL
16. Anterior bordering transverse carina absent on pronotal collar; T1–T3 with punctures separated by less than the average puncture diameter........................................................................ D. silvicola Krombein View in CoL
- Distinct anterior bordering transverse carina present on pronotal collar ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 8–15 ); T1–T3 with punctures separated by more than the average puncture diameter ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 8–15 )........................... D. sahyadriensis Anagha and Girish Kumar sp. nov.
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