Cyclocaccus brevicollis, Sharp, 1891

Hisamatsu, Sadatomo, Bayless, Victoria M. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2016, Revision ofCyclocaccusSharp (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 70 (4), pp. 825-870 : 825-870

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF THE C. BREVICOLLIS

SPECIES- GROUP

1. Abdominal sternite III without subcoxal lines ( Fig. 11A ) ........... C. brevicollis Sharp

1′. Abdominal sternite III with subcoxal lines ( Fig. 11I ) .................................................... 2

2. Pronotum with maculation ( Fig. 10D–F ) (if the coloration of pronotum fully dark reddish brown, then lateral and basal margins always paler than other parts of pronotum) ............................................... .. C. pantherinus Hisamatsu , new species

2′. Pronotum without maculation ( Fig. 10C ) (lateral and basal margins of pronotum same

Figures

Fig. 11. Diagnostic characters of the C. brevicollis species-group. Cyclocaccus brevicollis: A) Ventral habitus, B) Head, dorsal view, C) Head, ventral view, D) Labrum; E) Mentum and labium, ventral view, F) Right maxilla, dorsal view, G) Right mandible, dorsal view, H) Scutellum. Cyclocaccus oenorubens, Brazil: I) Abdominal sternites. Cyclocaccus brevicollis: J) Male abdominal tergite VII, K) Male abdominal sternite VII, L) Metendosternite, dorsal view, M) Male protibia and protarsus, dorsal view, N) Male mesotibia and mesotarsus, dorsal view, O) Male metatibia and metatarsus, dorsal view, P) Male abdominal tergite VIII and spiculum gastrale, ventral view, Q) Left metanepisternum. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B–C, I–K, Q = 0.5 mm; D–H, L–P = 0.1 mm.

Fig. 10. Dorsal habitus of Cyclocaccus species in the C. brevicollis species-group. A) C. brevicollis, holotype, B) C. brevicollis, holotype, labels, C) C. oenorubens, holotype, D) C. pantherinus, holotype, Peru, E) C. pantherinus, Peru, F) C. pantherinus, Ecuador. Scale bars = 1 mm.