Phymatura

Kim, Yoon-Ho & Ahn, Kee-Jeong, 2016, Taxonomy of the genus Phymatura J. Sahlberg (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) in the Korean Peninsula, Zootaxa 4061 (2), pp. 189-196 : 190

Key to species of Phymatura in the Korean Peninsula

1. Body larger, length 2.5–3.5 mm; body elongate, subparallel-sided (Fig. 3)............................ P. gonggaensis

- Body smaller, length 1.9–2.4 mm; body more or less broad (Fig. 1).............................................. 2

2. Body in most specimens dark brown; male elytron and male tergite VII without tubercles.................. P. brevicollis

- Body in most specimens yellowish brown; male elytron with a small knob at suture about 2/5 of posterior margin; male tergite VII with a distinct tubercle (Fig. 7)........................................................... P. bigranipennis