Atarphia, Reitter, 1884

Gregson, Lily M. & Powell, Gareth S., 2024, A new species of Atarphia (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae) from Laos, Zootaxa 5541 (1), pp. 84-88 : 88

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5541.1.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:47D7781D-A11B-4ABA-8327-A4A9D2253F01

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14278130

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F200AE77-FFB3-5F26-DEBF-E3A55DC6FB84

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Plazi

scientific name

Atarphia
status

 

Key to species of Atarphia (couplets in part adapted from Jelínek et al. 2012)

1. A. Elytra with several rows of tubercles bearing tufts of black setae. Body unicolorous, black. Tegmen with acute point at apex, no prominent apical process. Korea, Japan, Far Eastern Russia, China.................... A. fasciculata Reitter ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ) B. Elytra without tubercles but with multiple light maculations. Tegmen with rounded apical process..................... 2

2. A. Mesofemora with acute tooth along posterior margin....................................................... 3 B. Mesofemora without acute tooth, lighter coloration along sutural line, posterior elytral maculations distinctly circular, shorter metaventrite (3.3 times as wide as long). Laos............................. A. mammutha Gregson & Powell ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 )

3. A. Pronotum with markedly raised medial bulge near basal margin. Posterior maculation contiguous across suture, making a broad v-shaped bar. China, Korea Taiwan................................... A. cincta Jelínek, Jia, & Hájek ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ) B. Pronotum without medial bulge, posterior elytral maculations small, weak, widely separated. Japan, Korea, Far Eastern Russia................................................................... A. quadripunctata Reitter ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 )

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Nitidulidae

SubFamily

Nitidulinae

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