Lesteva Latreille 1797
Creators: name: Shavrin, Alexey V.
name: Zanetti, Adriano
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Lesteva

description: Key to species of Lesteva of Portugal and Spain
1 Lateral sides of pronotum with deep impression. Forebody with very coarse punctation. Parameres wide (Fig. 88g in Zanetti (1987)). Body yellow-brown to brown. Body length: 3.20–4.00 mm.................................. L. sicula heeri
- Lateral sides of pronotum without impression. Forebody with fine or moderately coarse punctation. Parameres narrow. Body usually darker....................................................................................... 2
2 Antennomeres 6–10 moderately short and wide, antennomere 10 slightly longer than broad.......................... 3
- Antennomeres 6–10 long and slender, antennomere 10 about or more than twice as long as broad..................... 6
3 Apical margins of elytra straight. Apical segment of metatarsus longer than basal tarsomere. Median lobe with longitudinal ridge (Fig. 88p in Zanetti (1987)). Body length: 3.30–4.70 mm ......................... L. longoelytrata longoelytrata
- Apical margins of elytra widely rounded.Apical segment of metatarsus about as long as or shorter than basal tarsomere. Median lobe without longitudinal keel........................................................................... 4
4 Median lobe narrow, parameres moderately short (Figs. 32, 34, 36). Body brown. Body length: 4.10–5.05 mm. Habitus as in Figs. 29–30.................................................................................. L. osellai
- Median lobe different, parameres long. Body brown to reddish-brown........................................... 5
5 Pronotum wider, sharply narrowed posteriad. Apical portion of median lobe narrow, parameres very long, significantly exceeding apex of median lobe (Fig. 18). Body smaller: 3.20–4.00 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 11................ L. lusitana
- Pronotum narrower, gradually narrowed posteriad.Apical portion of median lobe moderately wide, parameres slightly exceeding beyond apex of median lobe (Fig. 90a in Zanetti (1987)). Body larger: 4.00– 4.80 mm ..................... L. monticola
6 Temples distinctly longer than eyes. Aedeagus as in Figs. 23, 25, 27. Body length: 3.00– 4.80 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 13................................................................................................ L. mateui
- Temples about as long as or shorter than eyes............................................................... 7
7 Elytra significantly widened posteriad.................................................................... 8
- Elytra slightly widened posteriad........................................................................ 9
8 Elytra broader than long. Median lobe moderately wide; parameres narrow (Fig. 20, 22). Body length: 3.75–4.65 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 12.................................................................................. L. mariei
- Elytra longer than broad. Median lobe very narrow; parameres wide (Fig. 3). Body length: 3.50–4.55 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 1......................................................................................... L. aterrima
9 Punctation of elytra fine and superficial. Aedeagus as in Fig. 16 or Fig. 92с in Zanetti (1987). Body length: 3.60–4.60 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 10.......................................................................... L. hanseni
- Punctation of elytra moderately coarse and deep........................................................... 10
10 Body yellow-brown to reddish-brown, usually with large yellowish spots on elytra. Median lobe, gradually widened toward apical third, with rounded apex (Fig. 6). Body length: 3.50–4.60 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 2................... L. balearica
- Body darker, without spots on elytra. Median lobe different.................................................. 11
11 Median lobe pubescent; apical part of median lobe moderately narrow, strongly narrowed toward apex (Figs. 38, 41, 43, 45). Body length: 3.50–4.10 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 31................................................. L. pubescens
- Median lobe without pubescence; apical part of median lobe wide, abruptly narrowing toward apex (Fig. 14). Body darker, without spots on elytra. Body length: 3.50–4.55 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 9............................... L. fontinalis
description: Published as part of Shavrin, Alexey V. & Zanetti, Adriano, 2021, Review of the genus Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae Anthophagini) of the Iberian Peninsula, pp. 401-427 in Zootaxa 4966 (4) on page 424, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4738667