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Loricula Novak 2016

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Key to the species of Loricula Novák, 2016 (male)

1 Mesotibiae with small thorn or finely produced angle on ventral margin.......................................... 2

- Mesotibiae without protrusion on ventral margin............................................................. 3

2 Antennomeres I–III, maxillary palpi and legs blackish brown; setae of elytra on dorsal surface relatively sparse, punctures in rows of elytral striae small-sized, elytral intervals slightly convex, apex of elytra roundly truncated. China (Yunnan)........................................................................................ L. flosmanni Novák, 2016

- Antennae, maxillary palpi and legs pale brown; setae of elytra on dorsal surface relatively dense, punctures in rows of elytral striae medium-sized, elytral intervals distinctly convex, apex of elytra rounded. Laos, Thailand ...................................................................................................... L. subaeneipennis (Pic, 1922)

3 Pronotum short and wide, lateral margins of pronotum regularly arcuate; elytra blackish brown near lateral margins and reddish brown near suture. Laos ...................................................... L. gladiotibialis Novák, 2016

- Pronotum long and narrow, lateral margins of pronotum parallel in basal half; elytra unicolored, brown or blackish brown... 4

4 Elytra brown; femora reddish brown; protibiae slender, with one indistinct thorn near middle of ventral margin. China (Yunnan)............................................................................ L. yunnanica Novák, 2016

- Elytra blackish brown; basal part of femora brownish yellow, apical part dark brown; protibiae broadened, with one distinct short thorn near middle of ventral margin. China (Yunnan).................................... L. unidentata sp. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Li, Zhaoxu & Ren, Guodong, 2019, Two new species of comb-clawed beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) from Yunnan, China, pp. 162-170 in Zootaxa 4576 (1) on page 167, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/2624779

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Novak
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Microphysidae
Genus
Loricula
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Loricula Novak, 2016 sec. Li & Ren, 2019

References

  • Novak, V. (2016) New genera of Alleculinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Palaearctic and Oriental Regions VI - Loricula gen. nov. Folia Heyrovskyana, series A, 24 (2), 44 - 56.
  • Pic, M. (1922) Nouveautes diverses. Melanges Exotico-entomologiques, 37, 1 - 32.