Lesteva Shavrin 2014
Creators: name: Shavrin, Alexey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Lesteva

description: Key to species of Lesteva of Iran
1 Pronotum bordered along antero-lateral sides. Antennomeres wide, antennae moderately short (Fig. 11). Punctation of forebody very coarse. Abdomen glossy. Posterior tarsi distinctly less than half of tibiae. Body length: 3.2−4.0 mm. Aedeagus short, with median lobe strongly converging toward apex, with wide parameres significantly longer than apex of aedeagus (Zanetti, 1987: 341, Fig. e, f)......................................................... L. (Lestevidia) punctata Erichson
- Pronotum not bordered at sides. Antennomeres longer. Punctation of forebody finer. Abdomen dull. Posterior tarsi half long as tibiae. Aedeagus longer and narrower, with wider median lobe and narrower parameres............................ 2
2 Punctation of forebody coarser. Antenna as in Fig. 7. Tarsomere V of metatarsi longer than tarsomere I. Elytra with straight hind margins. Head and pronotum dark brown to black; elytra dark brown to black, frequently with red brown lateral and hind margins. Body length: 3.3−4.7 mm. Aedeagus with median keel (Fig. 33−41).. L. (s.str.) longoelytata longoelytrata (Goeze)
- Punctation of forebody significantly finer. Tarsomere V of metatarsi shorter or as long as tarsomere I. Elytra with widely rounded hind margins. Aedeagus without median keel........................................................ 3
3 Antennomeres significantly longer (Fig. 4). Forebody and abdomen brown; antennae, mouthparts, ocelli, legs and apical margins of abdominal tergites VII−VIII yellow brown; tarsi and antennomere XI yellow. Body larger: 5.75 mm. Aedeagus as in Figs. 1–3........................................................................ L. (s.str.) antennata sp.n.
- Antennomeres shorter. Forebody darker (brown to black), sometimes with yellow to red brown maculae on each elytron. Body smaller............................................................................................. 4
4 Punctation of head and abdomen denser and smaller. Dark brown, legs red brown. Antenna as in Fig. 9. Aedeagus short and wide (Jarrige, 1971: 487, Fig. 6)...................................................... L. (s.str.) morvani Jarrige
- Punctation of head and abdomen sparser, punctures moderately larger. Brown to black, with or without yellow-brown maculae on each elytron. Aedeagus longer and narrower............................................................. 5
5 Tarsomere I of metatarsus as long as the combined length of tarsomeres II−III..................................... 6
- Tarsomere I of metatarsus shorter than the combined length of tarsomeres II−III................................... 7
6 Apex of aedeagus evenly narrowed in apical third; parameres significantly longer than apex of aedeagus (Figs. 27–29). Forebody brown to black; each elytron often with distinct yellow brown to red brown elongate macula in anterior third (Fig. 12–19); mouthparts and tarsi yellow. Antenna as in Fig. 5. Body length: 3.7–5.5 mm ............. L. (s.str.) binotata Reitter
- Apex of aedeagus nipple-shaped in parameral view; parameres slightly longer than apex of aedeagus (Fig. 42–44). Forebody and abdomen brown to black; each elytron without or with distinct to indistinct yellow to red-brown macula in anterior third (Fig. 21–26); ocelli, antennae and legs brown; mouthparts, sometimes base of antennomeres I−III and tarsi yellow. Antenna as in Fig. 8. Body length: 4.0– 4.95 mm ................................................ L. (s.str) maculipennis Luze
7 Antennomeres IV−X significantly shorter (Fig. 6). Apex of aedeagus wider, parameres longer than apex of aedeagus (Fig. 30−32). Head with moderately flat frons and vertex, 1.6−1.8 times as wide as long. Eyes more than two times as long as temples. Forebody, abdomen, femora and antennomeres II and III black; tibiae, antennomeres III–XI, ocelli, mouthparts and apical margin of tergite VIII brown, base of antennomeres I–III and tarsi yellowish brown. Body length: 4.1–4.3 mm ................................................................................................. L. (s.str.) frischi sp.n.
- Antennomeres IV−X elongated (Fig. 10). Apex of aedeagus narrower, parameres shorter (Fig. 45−47). Head with moderately convex frons and vertex, 1.1 times as wide as long. Eyes approximately 3 times as long as temples. Head, pronotum and antennae black, elytra dark brown with indistinct yellow-brown macula in anterior third of each elytron; abdomen and legs brown; ocelli, mouthparts and base of antennomeres II−III red-brown. Body length: 4.1–4.7 mm .......... L. (L.) schawalleri sp.n.
description: Published as part of Shavrin, Alexey V., 2014, Review of the genus Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini) of Iran and adjacent territories, pp. 122-140 in Zootaxa 3884 (2) on pages 138-139, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4951550