Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (“ Latin America ”: Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America)
Peck, Stewart B.
Gnaspini, Pedro
Newton, Alfred F.
Zootaxa
2020
2020-02-18
4741
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114
8VR3J
[427,551,1283,1309]
Insecta
Leiodidae
Animalia
Coleoptera
9
10
Arthropoda
family
1a Head with distinct occipital carina or elevated crest; widespread........................................ Cholevinae 1b Head without occipital carina or crest..................................................................... 2 2a Antennal segment 8 as large as segments 9 –10 and bearing similar periarticular gutter and internal vesicles; cervical sclerites absent; intersegmental membranes between abdominal ventrites long, with brick-wall pattern of minute sclerites; female with 4 visible abdominal ventrites; Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras............................ Coloninae 2b Antennal segment 8 smaller than segments 9 –10, without periarticular gutter or internal vesicles, or antenna 10-segmented; cervical sclerites present; abdominal intersegmental membranes short and without minute sclerites; females with 5 or 6 visible abdominal ventrites................................................................................... 3 3a Pronotum semicircular with evenly rounded anterior edge, head in repose completely concealed from above; hind coxae separated by nearly a third of their width by elevated metaventral process; tarsi 3-3-3 segmented; Chile.......... Catopocerinae 3b Pronotum with straight or emarginate anterior edge, head not concealed from above; hind coxae not separated; tarsi various, 3 –5 segmented or heteromerous.......................................................................... 4 4a Antennal insertions concealed in dorsal view; head relatively flattened and broad, usually about half or more as wide as pronotum; dorsum usually apparently glabrous (but sometimes with numerous very short hairs visible at high magnification); mesoventral-mesepisternal suture (if present) strongly curved; widespread................................. Leiodinae 4b Antennal insertions visible in dorsal view; head relatively convex and narrow, often less than half as wide as pronotum; dorsum usually clothed with long setae, rarely apparently glabrous; mesoventral-mesepisternal suture (if present) more or less straight; southern South America........................................................................ Camiarinae