Phellinocis

Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano & Lawrence, John F., 2005, Phellinocis, a new genus of Neotropical Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), Zootaxa 1034, pp. 43-60 : 49

Key to the species of Phellinocis

1 Elytral apices convex, without oblique elevations or declivity; elytral punctation more or less confused, without distinct puncture rows; anterior edge of pronotum in male with two small teeth or subtriangular horns, which are well separated at base; clypeus in male with 4 teeth; females without clypeal or pronotal modifications; antennae 8­segmented. Panama......................................................... P. erwini . sp. n.

­ Elytra with pair of weak, oblique, posterolateral elevations and slightly fluted apex, forming weakly concave posterior declivity; elytral punctation distinctly seriate; anterior edge of pronotum in male with elevated plate, which is slightly to strongly emarginated forming two tubercles or horns joined at middle; clypeus in male with two triangular plates or two weak outer plates and two inner tubercles; females sometimes with pronotal and clypeal modifications; antennae 8­ or 9­segmented ... 2

2 (1) Antennae 8­ or 9­segmented; size larger, TL usually greater than 1.35 mm; anterior edge of pronotum in male weakly produced to form emarginate plate or pair of broadly joined tubercles; clypeus in male with 4 teeth or tubercles; setal patch on first ventrite of male about one­fourth median length of ventrite; female without modifications on head or prothorax, but bearing a setal patch on first ventrite. Brazil.................................................................................................... P. r o m u a l d o i. sp. n.

­ Antennae 9­segmented; size smaller, TL usually less than 1.35 mm; anterior edge of pronotum in male strongly produced to form pair of diverging horns; clypeus in male with pair of subtriangular plates; setal patch on first ventrite about one­sixth median length of ventrite; female usually with paired tubercles on head and prothorax, first ventrite simple. Panama and Costa Rica......................... P. thayerae . sp. n.