Pseudoperitelus, Pierotti & Bellò & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2010

Pierotti, Helio, Bellò, Cesare & Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., 2010, 2376, Zootaxa 2376, pp. 1-96 : 45

Key to the species of Pseudoperitelus

1 First desmomere ca. twice as long as wide; elytra more or less rounded, setae narrow (Styria, Northern Italy, France,? Catalonia) ........................................................................................................................................................ P. senex

- First desmomere ca. 2.5× as long as wide; elytra oval, with more robust setae (south-eastern Spain, Columbrete Grossa, Mallorca).......................................................................................................................................................... 2

2 Pronotum not or very weakly transverse; desmomere 5 transverse; mean size 3.4–4.6 mm (Columbrete Grossa I.).... ........................................................................................................................................................................ P. espanoli

- Pronotum markedly transverse; desmomere 5 longer than, or as long as wide; mean size 3.6–5.5 mm (Southern Spain, Mallorca) ........................................................................................................................................................... 3

3 Eyes not or hardly prominent beyond genae; elytra elongate, their sides subrectilinear (? Andalusia,? Alicante) ...... ................................................................................................................................................................. P. globulicollis

- Eyes clearly prominent beyond genae ( Fig. 1c); elytra short, their sides rounded (Mallorca) ......................... P. lopezi