Cyllodes

Cline, Andrew R. & Skelley, Paul E., 2013, Discovery of new species and country records for the North American sap beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), Zootaxa 3683 (2), pp. 101-116 : 104

Key to Cyllodes Adults Occurring in North America

1. Elytra black to dark brown with dark red to orange-red spot near humeri ( Fig. 1 ); anterior margin of metasternum truncate; tegmen of male genitalia with setae evenly distributed along apical region; occurring in eastern North America from New York and Ontario west to Wisconsin and Indiana, but not present in the southeastern states or west of the Mississippi River........................................................................................ C. biplagiatus LeConte

- Elytra unicolorous with no markings ( Fig. 2 ); anterior margin of metasternum concave for reception of the prosternal process; tegmen of male genitalia with two distinct patches of setae at apicolateral angles as well as setae along apical region ( Fig. 7 ); occurring only in southern Arizona............................................ C. thomasi Cline and Skelley , n. sp.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 2. Dorsal habitus images of North American species of Cyllodes. (1) C. biplagiatus LeConte. (2) C. thomasi n. sp. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 7 – 10. Genitalia of C. thomasi n. sp. (7) Male tegmen; (8) Male median lobe; (9) male internal sac sclerites; (10) female ovipositor.