Aegidinus, Arrow, 1904

Frolov, Andrey V., Akhmetova, Lilia A. & Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z., 2019, Contribution to the knowledge of Aegidinus Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae): new species and comments on the classification and nomenclature, Journal of Natural History 53 (11), pp. 725-747 : 727-731

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2019.1606953

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:09AA5C86-5138-42A7-9646-9FF2A7F46767

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4561501

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9F138799-E555-B06A-9ABD-5DC5D4A7F9B1

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Valdenar

scientific name

Aegidinus
status

 

Key to Aegidinus species (males)

1. Parameres separated into dorsomedial and ventrolateral lobes ( Figures 1 View Figure 1 (h,i), 2(e,f) and 3(b – d))....................................................................................................................................................... 2

- Parameres not separated into dorsomedial and ventrolateral lobes ( Figure 6 View Figure 6 (c – e))... ................................................................................................................................ Aegidinus cornutus

2. Phallobase with ventroapical plate ( Figures 1 View Figure 1 (g), 3(c) and 4(d)) ......................................... 3

- Phallobase without ventroapical plate ( Figures 2 View Figure 2 (d), 4(h) and 5(d)).............................. 6

3. Parameres symmetrical .......................................................................................................................... 4

- Parameres asymmetrical .................................................................................................................... 5

4. Ventrolateral lobe of paramere with subapical tooth ( Colby 2009, fig. 55)........................ ............................................................................................................................... Aegidinus howdenorum

- Ventrolateral lobe of paramere without subapical tooth ( Figure 1 View Figure 1 (h)).............................. ............................................................................................................................ Aegidinus guianensis

5. Parameres longer, more asymmetrical ( Figure 4 View Figure 4 (b,c)); ventroapical plate of phallobase longer than wide ( Figure 4 View Figure 4 (d)); protibia without medioapical tooth.......................................... .......................................................................................................................... Aegidinus noriegai sp. nov.

- Parameres shorter, less asymmetrical ( Figure 3 View Figure 3 (b,d)); ventroapical plate of phallobase wider than long ( Figure 3 View Figure 3 (c)); protibia with medioapical tooth Aegidinus candezei

6. Mediobasal margins of dorsomedial lobes of parameres feebly sclerotised, membranous ( Figure 2 View Figure 2 (e)); protibia with medioapical tooth...................................................................... 7

- Mediobasal margins of dorsomedial lobes of parameres strongly sclerotised (4G, 5E); protibia without medioapical tooth ............................................................................................. 9

7. Ventrolateral lobes of parameres long and slender (in lateral view), noticeably longer than dorsomedial lobes ( Figure 2 View Figure 2 (f)).......................................... .......................................... steinheili

- Ventrolateral lobes of parameres triangular and obtuse in lateral view, not longer than dorsomedial lobes ..................................................................................................................... 8

8. Ventrolateral lobes of parameres as long as dorsomedial lobes...... Aegidinus petrovi

- Ventrolateral lobes of parameres noticeably shorter than dorsomedial lobes............... ............................................................................................................... Aegidinus teamscaraborum 9. Dorsal sides of parameres strongly overlapping and separated by slit ( Figure 4 View Figure 4 (f), arrowed).......................................................... .......................................................... Aegidinus simulatus - Dorsal sides of parameres less overlapping and not separated by slit ( Figure 5 View Figure 5 (f)) 10

10. Dorsal processes of parameres carina shaped ( Figure 5 View Figure 5 (e), arrowed)................................. ........................................................................................................................... Aegidinus colbyae sp. nov.

- Dorsal processes of parameres tooth or spur shaped........................................................ 11

11. Dorsal processes of parameres long, spur shaped........... ........... Aegidinus brasiliensis

- Dorsal processes of parameres short, tooth shaped............ ............ Aegidinus howeae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Hybosoridae

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