Aglyptinus, Cockerell, 1906

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2014, A review of the small carrion beetles and the round fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with descriptions of two new genera and 61 new species., Insecta Mundi 2014 (397), pp. 1-76 : 41-43

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5184089

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5192272

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scientific name

Aglyptinus
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Key to species of male Aglyptinus View in CoL of the West Indies

1. Occurs in the Bahamas or Greater Antilles ................................................................................. 2

— Occurs in the Lesser Antilles ...................................................................................................... 17

2(1). Occurs in Bahamas; pale maculae at elytral apices; aedeagus ( Fig. 70 View Figures 70–91 ) roundly arched dorsoventrally, sinuate before apex ............................ A. bahamensis Peck and Cook View in CoL , n.sp.

— Occurs in Greater Antilles; elytra usually without pale maculae at elytral apices; aedeagus not roundly arched dorsoventrally and sinuate before apex ........................................................... 3

3(2). Occurs on Cuba.............................................................................................................................. 4

— Occurs elsewhere in the Greater Antilles ..................................................................................... 8

4(3). Small, length usually less than 1.5 mm; eyes and wings reduced ............................................... 5

— Larger, length usually greater than 1.5 mm; eyes large, wings fully developed ........................ 6

5(4). Eyes and wings strongly reduced; aedeagus ( Fig. 78, 79 View Figures 70–91 ) short and broad, dorsoventrally angulate near base; parameres absent ............................................. A. minutus Peck and Cook View in CoL , n.sp.

— Eyes and wings slightly reduced; aedeagus ( Fig. 72, 73 View Figures 70–91 ) elongate, slender, evenly curved dorsoventrally; parameres present ................................ A. biseriatus Peck and Cook View in CoL , n.sp.

6(4). Antennae long, reaching base of pronotum; aedeagus ( Fig. 74, 75 View Figures 70–91 ) strongly arched, apex abruptly narrowed, downturned ................................................. A. capitaneus Peck and Cook View in CoL , n.sp.

— Antennae shorter, not reaching base of pronotum; aedeagus weakly to moderately arched, apex not downturned .......................................................................................................................... 7

7(6). Aedeagus ( Fig. 80, 81 View Figures 70–91 ) moderately, evenly arched dorsoventrally; apex rounded in dorsal view; extreme tip of apex upturned, sinuate in lateral view ..... A. sinuatus Peck and Cook View in CoL , n.sp.

— Aedeagus ( Fig. 76, 77 View Figures 70–91 ) weakly arched dorsoventrally, depressed before apex; apex acute in dorsal view ......................................................................... A. fortipunctatus Peck and Cook View in CoL , n.sp.

8(3). Occurs on Jamaica......................................................................................................................... 9

— Occurs elsewhere in the Greater Antilles ................................................................................... 13

9(8). Eyes strongly reduced, wings strongly reduced; aedeagus ( Fig. 90, 91 View Figures 70–91 ) evenly arched dorsoventrally, abruptly narrowed apically in dorsal view .................. A. parvoculus Peck and Cook View in CoL , n.sp.

— Eyes not strongly reduced, wings at least one-half narmal length; aedeagus not evenly arched dorsoventrally and abruptly narrowed apically in dorsal view .............................................. 10

10(9). Aedeagus ( Fig. 84, 85 View Figures 70–91 ) short and broad, weakly angled dorsoventrally; in dorsal view, widened before apex ................................................................................................ A. jamaicensis Peck View in CoL

— Aedeagus elongate, strongly arched dorsoventrally ................................................................... 11

11(10). Yellowish macula at apex of each elytron; aedeagus ( Fig. 88, 89 View Figures 70–91 ) strongly arched dorsoventrally; apex narrowly rounded in dorsal view ............................. A. maculus Peck and Cook View in CoL , n.sp.

— Elytra not maculate; aedeagal apex acute in dorsal view .......................................................... 12

12(11). Aedeagus ( Fig. 82, 83 View Figures 70–91 ) moderately arched dorsoventrally, depressed before down-turned apex; apex broad in dorsal view ....................................................................... A. dimorphicus Peck View in CoL

— Aedeagus ( Fig. 86, 87 View Figures 70–91 ) strongly arched dorsoventrally, apex upturned; apex narrow in dorsal view ............................................................................... A. hemipterus Peck and Cook View in CoL , n.sp.

13(8). Male metasternum with short median longitudinal carina in posterior half. Occurs on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands................................................................. A. puertoricensis Peck View in CoL

— Male metasternum not carinate. Occurs on Hispaniola ............................................................ 14

14(13). Eyes strongly reduced; wings strongly reduced; maxillary palps elongate, penultimate palpomere broadly expanded; aedeagus ( Fig. 98, 99 View Figures 92–115 ) with parameres absent .............................................. ................................................................................................ A. longipalpus Peck and Cook View in CoL

— Eyes and wings not reduced; maxillary palps not elongate, penultimate palpomere not broadly expanded; parameres present ................................................................................................... 15

15(14). Aedeagus ( Fig. 94, 95 View Figures 92–115 ) strongly arched dorsoventrally, angulate at middle, apex not drawn out in lateral view ..................................................................... A. angulatus Peck and Cook View in CoL , n.sp.

— Aedeagus roundly arched dorsoventrally, apex drawn out in lateral view ............................... 16

16(15). Aedeagal apex in dorsal view ( Fig. 97 View Figures 92–115 ) acute ....................... A. grandis Peck and Cook View in CoL , n.sp.

— Aedeagal apex in dorsal view ( Fig. 101 View Figures 92–115 ) broadly rounded .............................................................. ................................................................................. A. hispaniolensis Peck and Cook View in CoL , n.sp.

17(1). Occurs on Guadeloupe................................................................................................................. 18

— Occurs elsewhere in the Lesser Antilles ..................................................................................... 19

18(17). Minute species, total length 1.2 mm; head and pronotum impunctate (after Hlisnikovsky 1964). Aedeagus unknown ...................................................................... A. guadelupensis Portevin View in CoL

— Larger species, total length 1.5–2.0 mm; head and pronotum finely, sparsely punctate. Aedeagus ( Fig. 102, 103 View Figures 92–115 ) roundly arched dorsoventrally; apex rounded in dorsal view ............................ ........................................................................................................... A. kaszabi Hlisnikovsky View in CoL

19(17). Occurs on Dominica. Aedeagus ( Fig. 104, 105 View Figures 92–115 ) strongly, roundly arched dorsoventrally, with depression before apex; apex truncate in dorsal view .... A. dominica Peck and Cook View in CoL , n.sp.

— Occurs elsewhere in the Lesser Antilles. Aedeagal apex not truncate ...................................... 20

20(19). Occurs on Martinique. Aedeagus ( Fig. 106, 107 View Figures 92–115 ) evenly, roundly curved dorsoventrally; flattened and narrowly rounded at apex .............................. A. martiniquensis Peck and Cook View in CoL , n.sp.

— Occurs elsewhere in the Lesser Antilles. Aedeagal apices not evenly, roundly curved dorsoventrally; not flattened and narrowly rounded at apex ........................................................................... 21

21(20). Occurs on St. Lucia..................................................................................................................... 22

— Occurs on St. Vincent or Grenada.............................................................................................. 23

22(21). Minute, length 1.1–1.2 mm; aedeagus ( Fig. 110, 111 View Figures 92–115 ) short and broad, angulate dorsoventrally at basal third; not constricted before apex .............................. A. parvus Peck and Cook View in CoL , n.sp.

— Larger, length more than 1.4 mm; aedeagus ( Fig. 108, 109 View Figures 92–115 ) roundly arched dorsoventrally; in dorsal view, constricted before apex ...................................... A. luciae Peck and Cook View in CoL , n.sp.

23(21). Occurs on St. Vincent. Aedeagus ( Fig. 114, 115 View Figures 92–115 ) elongate, slender, moderately curved dorsoventrally, with apical third curved upward ............ A. vincentii Peck and Cook View in CoL , n.sp.

— Occurs on Grenada. Aedeagus ( Fig. 112, 113 View Figures 92–115 ) shorter, more strongly, evenly curved dorsoventrally; apical third not curved upward ................................. A. grenadensis Peck and Cook , n.sp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Leiodidae

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