Nosoderma, Guerin-Meneville (Foley and Ivie, 2007

Foley, Ian A. & Ivie, Michael A., 2008, A phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Zopherini with a review of the species and generic classification (Coleoptera: Zopheridae), Zootaxa 1928 (1), pp. 1-72 : 27

Key to species of Nosoderma

1. Elytral margin, from level of hind coxa posteriad, with 5–6 more-or-less equal sized and evenly spaced nodules ( Fig. 22 ); discal nodule on declivity of subequal size to these 5; secondary setation on legs uniformly thickened and apressed; apex of elytra along suture smooth to weakly emarginate; body form more stout, approximately 0.58X as long as wide at widest point; femoral calus of male with raised marginal bead, disc depressed below this bead. Cuba. Figs. 22, 24 ................................................................................................................ N. echinatum (Guérin-Méneville)

-. Elytral margin, from level of hind coxa posteriad, with 3 larger, unequal nodules and 2–3 smaller ones ( Fig. 23 ); disc of declivity with single large median nodule, and 2 or 3 weak elevations; secondary setation on legs very long, projecting, and club shaped ( Fig. 25 ); apex of elytra along suture strongly emarginate; body form more elongate approximately 0.65X as long as wide at widest point; femoral calus of male with calus domed, lacking marginal bead. Cuba. Figs. 23, 25 .................................................................................................................... N. turquinense (Garrido)

Figures

FIGURES 22–25. 22–23. Dorsal habiti. 22. Nosoderma echinatum, Cuba; 23. N. turquinense, Cuba. 24. N. echinatum ventral surface of prosternum. 25. N. turquinense leg surface.