Zopherini Solier 1834
Creators: name: Foley, Ian A.
name: Ivie, Michael A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Zopheridae

description: Key to world genera of Zopherini   1 Antennae 9-segemented, club composed of 3 fused antennomeres (Fig. 1); femora and tibia with paired rows of golden setae on inner surface; dorsum glabrous. Southwestern U.S., Central America. Figs. 6–7................................ ................................................................................................................................................................. Zopherus Gray   
- Antennae 10 or 11-segemented; club variable, weakly 1-segmented to distinctly 3-segmented (Figs. 2–3); dorsal vestiture variable........................................................................................................................................................... 2  
2 Antennae 11-segmented with weak to strong 3-segmented club.................................................................................. 3  
- Antennae 10-segmented with 1 or 2-segmented club................................................................................................... 4  
 3 Scutellum partially visible; flight wings absent; hypomeron with complete cavity to contain antennae (Fig. 40); weak 3-segmented antennal club (Fig. 3); dorsal surface glabrous, sculpture strongly nodulate. Australia. Fig. 8....... ............................................................................................................................................................. Zopherosis White   
 - Scutellum large and visible; functional flight wings present; hypomeron lacking antennal cavity; strong 3-segmented antennal club; dorsal surface with dense patchy pubescence. Penninslar, Malaysia. Fig. 10........................................ ..................................................................................................................................... Zopher Ṡ lipi ń ski and Lawrence   
 4 Scutellum large and visible; epipleural ridge distinct in basal 2/3 rd of elytra (Fig. 14); setose empodium present between tarsal claws (Fig. 13). South America. Figs. 11–12 ........................................ Noserinus Casey NEW SENSE   
- Scutellum not visible or very small; epipleural ridge totally absent; lacking empodium between tarsal claws........... 5  
5 Lateral margin of pronotum with distinct teeth or lobes (Figs. 16, 22–23); prosternum densely setose with transverse groove (Fig. 24)............................................................................................................................................................ 6  
- Lateral margin of pronotum without distinct lobes, at most irregularly denticulate; prosternum densely setose to tuberculate, rarely with broad transverse depression.................................................................................................... 7  
 6 Sensilla area at apex of last antennomere medially constricted, reduced and recessed, not visible laterally, (Fig. 5); hypomeron with shallow antennal cavities; labial palps inserted laterally concealed by mentum (Fig. 21); apical portion of pronotum with sinuate channel (Fig. 20); thin ridge connecting suprantennal and sub-genal ridge present, enclosing apical margin on antennal insertion (Fig. 15). Africa, Comoro Islands. Fig. 16 ....... Scoriaderma Fairmaire   
 - Sensilla area at apex of last antennomere large (Fig. 4), covering approximately half of antennomere, visible laterally; labial palps inserted ventrally, visible; pronotal hypomeron without antennal cavity; apicolateral portion of pronotum with indistinct arcuate depression; thin ridge between suprantennal and sub-genal ridges absent. Cuba. Figs. 22–23 ...................................................................................................................... Nosoderma Guérin-Méneville   
 7 Ventral surfaces with setose punctures (Fig. 72), setation often very dense obscuring punctures; apical margin of hypomeron with short arcuate depression (Fig. 54). Central America and Southwestern U.S. Figs. 17–19, 26–29...... ......................................................................................................................................... Sesaspis Casey NEW SENSE   
- Ventral surfaces with tubercles (Fig. 71); hypomeron variable from small break in margin to complete antennal cavity.................................................................................................................................................................................. 8  
 8 Mandible with large membranous prostheca (Fig. 34); hypomeron without large antennal cavity, occasionally with weak straight depression (Fig. 55); ventral surface of head with dense flattened tubercles lateral of gula; gula with punctures; sub-genal ridge weak, slightly arcuate with median depression; last segment of maxillary palp with flattened apical margin, flat sensillary surface of apex wider than base (Fig. 31). Central America. Figs. 57–68............. .......................................................................................................................................... Verodes Casey NEW SENSE   
 - Mandible without large membranous prostheca (Figs. 32–33); hypomeron with complete antennal cavity to weak depression (Figs. 39–42); ventral surface of head variable; gula densely setose; sub-genal ridge strong with distinct curve toward base of head; last segment of maxillary palp acutely narrowed at apex, sensillary surface of apex narrower than base. California Floristic Province and Central America. Figs. 35–38........................................................ ................................................................................................................................. Phloeodes LeConte NEW SENSE
description: Published as part of Foley, Ian A. & Ivie, Michael A., 2008, A phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Zopherini with a review of the species and generic classification (Coleoptera: Zopheridae), pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 1928 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1928.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5230727