Scirtes Illiger 1807

Main Authors: Ruta, Rafał, Kiałka, Agata
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal
Terbitan: , 2021
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4546167
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  • Key to identification of Fijian Scirtes 1. Body oval, convex, TL/EW1.19–1.44..................................................................... 8 -. Body elongated, depressed, TL/EW 1.44–1.75.............................................................. 2 2. Body yellowish, TL> 3.30 mm, aedeagus symmetrical........................... Scirtes natovensis Champion, 1919 -. Body brown to black, TL <2.60 mm, aedeagus asymmetrical................................................................................................... 3. [identification impossible without dissection of male genitalia] 3. Tegmen trifid, one of parameres biramose..................................................................4. -. Tegmen bifid.........................................................................................6. 4. Apical processes of penis very short, ca. 0.1× length of penis........................ Scirtes pseudoveisariensis sp. nov. -. Apical processes of penis longer, ca. 0.3–0.4× length of penis..................................................5. 5. Both processes of divided paramere equally narrow..................................... Scirtes abacaensis sp. nov. -. One process of divided paramere distinctly wider than other............................. Scirtes veisariensis sp. nov. 6. Penis with three apical processes................................................. Scirtes veitchi Champion, 1919 -. Penis with two apical processes..........................................................................7. 7. Pala with very long and thin posterior portion; parameres of tegmen ca. 2× longer than basal portion................................................................................................... Scirtes devoensis sp. nov. -. Pala with short posterior portion; parameres of tegmen 1.0–1.3× longer than basal portion......... Scirtes tokotaai sp. nov. 8. Coloration of body contrasting: head, pronotum and scutellar shield orange, elytra brown to black, aedeagus asymmetrical................................................................................. Scirtes humeralis Pic, 1932 -. Body uniformly brown to black, aedeagus symmetrical....................................................... 9 9. Parameres wide, much longer than basal portion of tegmen................................ Scirtes schlingeri sp. nov. -. Parameres narrow, shorter than basal portion of tegmen.................................. Scirtes navaiensis sp. nov.
  • Published as part of Ruta, Rafał & Kiałka, Agata, 2021, The genus Scirtes Illiger of Fiji (Coleoptera: Scirtoidea: Scirtidae), pp. 501-520 in Zootaxa 4926 (4) on page 517, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4529587