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Thaumastocephalus Poggi, Nonveiller, Colla, Pavicevic & T. Rada 2001

Description

Key to males of Thaumastocephalus

1 Small species, body length under 1.85 mm, aedeagus (Fig. 1)............................... T. bilandzijae Poggi et al.

- Larger species, body length more 1.90 mm ................................................................. 2

2 Protibiae in males modified, with well-defined median tooth................................................... 3

- Protibiae in males slightly modified, median tooth minuscule or absent........................................... 4

3 Large species, body length 2.2 mm, head much longer than wide, ratio: 1.43–1.47, aedeagus (see Poggi et al. 2001: Fig. 10)................................................................................ T. folliculipalpis Poggi et al.

- Small species, body length about 1.95 mm, head shorter than wide, ratio: 1.30, aedeagus (Fig. 7).......... T. dahnae sp. n.

4 Larger species, body length over 2.5 mm, aedeagus (Fig. 6)........................................ T. troglavi sp. n.

- Smalle species, body length under 2.0 mm................................................................. 5

5 Antennae short, less than 0.85 mm long, scape more than 2.3 times as long as pedicel, terminal antennomere short, less than 4.00 times as long as antennomere X...................................................................... 6

- Antennae long, about 0.88 mm long, scape less than 2.2 times as long as pedicel, terminal antennomere long, 4.25 times as long as antennomere X, rostrum long, only 1.78 times as wide as long, aedeagus (Fig. 5)................. T. slavkoi sp. n.

6 Elytra short, less than 1.2 times as long as pronotum, aedeagus (Fig. 4)............................ T. rujnicensis sp. n.

- Elytra long, more than 1.3 times as long as pronotum......................................................... 7

7 Rostrum long, about 2.3 times as wide as long, aedeagus (Fig. 3)................................... T. marsici sp. n.

- Rostrum short and wide, about 3.0 times as wide as long, aedeagus (Fig. 2).............................. T. kirini sp. n.

Notes

Published as part of Hlaváč, Peter, Bregović, Petra & Jalžić, Branko, 2019, Endogean and cavernicolous Coleoptera of the Balkans. XVIII. Strong radiation in caves of the Central Dinarides: seven new species of Thaumastocephalus Poggi et al., 2001 (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), pp. 90-110 in Zootaxa 4559 (1) on page 99, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/2585159

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References

  • Poggi, R., Nonveiller, G., Colla, A., Pavicevic, D. & Rada, T. (2001) Thaumatocephalini, a new tribe of Pselaphinae for Thaumastocephalus folliculipalpus n. gen., n. sp., an interesting new troglobious species from central Dalmatia (Croatia) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale " Giacomo Doria ", 54, 1 - 20.