Philomessor (Attumbrinus) Bolivari Jeannel 1936
Creators: name: Vávra, Jiří Ch.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae
Philomessor

description: Key to species of Philomessor (Attumbrinus)   
 Note. Setae on inner margins of meso- and metatibiae may be sometimes glued together and indistinct in badly preserved specimens.   
 1 Posterior margin of pronotum in front of posterior angles broadly and deeply emarginate, posterior angles sharp (Fig. 40). Punctation and pubescence on elytra uniform, setae equal in length and less erect (Fig. 39). Terminal antennomere shorter than the three preceding ones combined (Fig. 21). Apical portion of aedeagus slightly narrowed, with rounded tip (Fig. 22), parameres broad and exceeding apex of aedeagus (Fig. 23), anterior part of genital segment narrow, short and subquadrate (Fig. 24). Female unknown. Body length 3.1 mm. Morocco.........................................  P.   (A.) henroti  Růžička, 1996   
 – Posterior margin of pronotum in front of posterior angles not emarginate, posterior angles rounded (Figs 26, 28, 54). Punctation and pubescence on elytra of two kinds: short, dense and recumbent setae are intermixed with sparser long erect setae born on larger raised granules (Figs 33, 35, 37). The erect setae at least twice as long as the recumbent ones (Figs 34, 36, 38). Terminal antennomere either shorter (for P. lackneri: Figs 14, 15) or longer (for P. cloueti: Fig. 13, and P. bolivari: Figs 50, 52) than the three preceding ones combined................................................................................................................ 2   
 2 Posterior margin of pronotum rectilinear, posterior angles subrectangular (Fig. 54). Terminal antennomere as long as or somewhat longer than the four preceding ones combined (Fig. 13). Two kinds of punctation on elytra little different (Fig. 37), erect setae ca. twice as long as the recumbent ones (Fig. 38). Inner margin of metatibia in the terminal third distinctly setose (Fig. 53). Apical portion of aedeagus strongly tapering towards acute tip (Fig. 25), parameres narrow and not reaching the apex of aedeagus (Fig. 5), anterior part of genital segment very short and wide, rounded anterolaterally (Fig. 12). Female unknown. Body length 2.8 mm. Algeria............  P. (A.) cloueti  (Portevin, 1907)   
– Posterior margin of pronotum convex, posterior angles broadly rounded (Figs 26–29). Terminal antennomere shorter than the four preceding ones combined (Figs 14, 15, 50, 52). Two kinds of the punctation on elytra distinct (Figs 33, 35), erect setae more than three times longer than the recumbent ones (Figs 34, 36). Inner edge of metatibia either smooth (Fig. 51), or finely setose apically (Fig. 49)...................................................... 3  
 3 Pronotum distinctly narrower than maximum width of elytra combined (Figs 28, 29), inner margins of metatibiae smooth (Fig. 51). Terminal antennomere longer than three preceding ones combined (Figs 50, 52). Male: metatibiae curved (Figs 28, 51), aedeagus in dorsal view regularly thickened and only in apical portion narrowed into short protuberance (Fig. 3), in lateral view feebly S-shaped, parameres reaching the tip of aedeagus (Fig. 4), outer margin of sternum VIII with small median excision (Fig. 8), anterior part of genital segment short and wide, rounded anterolaterally (Fig. 11). Female: protarsi simple, not dilated (Figs 29, 47), tergum X oval, slightly longer than wide (Fig. 19), sternum VIII transverse with short triangular spiculum ventrale (Fig. 18). Body length 3.4–4.5 mm. Morocco......................................................  P.   (A.) bolivari  Jeannel, 1936   
 – Pronotum as wide as (Fig. 26) or slightly narrower (Fig. 27) than maximum width of elytra combined, inner margins of metatibiae finely and densely pubescent in apical portion (Fig. 49). Terminal antennomere shorter than or almost as long as three preceding ones combined (Figs 14, 15). Male: metatibiae straight (Figs 26, 49), aedeagus in dorsal view narrowed in basal portion, widest in the middle and then in apical portion narrowed into long and sharp protuberance (Fig. 1), in lateral view regularly arcuate (Fig. 2), parameres not reaching the tip of aedeagus (Fig. 1), outer margin of sternum VIII broadly and deeply emarginate (Fig. 6), anterior part of genital segment wide, extremely elongated, trifid anterolaterally (Figs 9, 10). Female: three basal protarsomeres dilated (Figs 27, 43), tergum X three times longer than wide (Fig. 17), sternum VIII narrower with long spiculum ventrale (Fig. 20). Body length 3.0–3.4 mm. Morocco........................................................................................................................................  P. (A.) lackneri sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Vávra, Jiří Ch., 2015, Review of the subgenus Attumbrinus (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Philomessor), with description of Philomessor lackneri sp. nov. from Morocco, pp. 85-103 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1) on pages 87-88, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5372938