Parataenius Balthasar 1961
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Description
1. Head coarsely wrinkled, wrinkles broken into segments (Fig. 1-3, 7-9); pronotum with coarse punctures widely scattered along base and on sides................................................................. 2
— Head with fine, close, slightly rugose wrinkles (Fig. 4-6, 10-12); pronotum with fine to moderate, close punctures everywhere....................................................................................................... 4
2(1). Body elongate, moderately convex, reddish brown (Fig. 1, 7); meso- and metatibiae slightly dilated apically, terminal spur of protibia in male hooked inwardly at apex. Argentina, Bolivia.................................................................................................................... P. selvae, new species
— Body oblong-oval, strongly convex, dark castaneous to black (Fig. 2-3, 8-9); meso- and metatibia distinctly dilated apically, terminal spur of protibia in both sexes straight............................ 3
3(2). Color black; coarse pronotal punctures very few, concentrated on sides (Fig. 2, 8); elytra about 2 times as long as pronotum. Argentina................................................ P. estero, new species
— Color reddish brown; coarse pronotal punctures more numerous, scattered in posterior half of pronotum and on sides (Fig. 3, 9); elytra about 2.5 times as long as pronotum. Widely distributed ............................................................................................................. P. simulator (Harold)
4(1). Pronotal punctures everywhere fine, uniformly distributed (Fig. 4, 10), punctures separated by about one puncture diameter. Southern South America........................ P. derbesis (Solier)
— Pronotal punctures everywhere mixed fine and moderate (Fig. 5-6, 11-12), punctures separated by 1 to 3 times the diameter of a puncture.............................................................................. 5
5(4). Color yellowish brown; punctures of pronotum shallow, close, separated by about one times their diameter (Fig. 5, 11); elytra microreticulate, intervals finely punctate throughout. Argentina.......................................................................................................... P. brunneus (Schmidt)
— Color reddish brown; punctures of pronotum deep, separated by 1 to 3 times a diameter (Fig. 6, 12); elytra shiny, smooth, intervals impunctate. Argentina........................................................................................................................................................... P. martinezi, new species
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- Cites
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.5404985 (DOI)
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.5404987 (DOI)
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.5404983 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFD9B60EFFB48269F30DFFDEFFE1FFAC (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03E0CE76FFB7826CF3CDF9DDFA7AFB02 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Aphodiidae
- Genus
- Parataenius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Balthasar
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Parataenius Balthasar, 1961 sec. Stebnicka & Skelley, 2009