Oedanomerus Sehnal 2018
Creators: name: Sehnal, Richard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Oedanomerus

description: Key to species of Oedanomerus (modified from Evans 1987 and Lacroix 2005)
1 Antenna with nine antennomeres; club twice combined length of adjacent five antennomeres; clypeus with a subapical carina... 2
- Antenna with eight antennomeres; club subequal to combined length of adjacent four antennomeres; clypeus with apical margin reflexed .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
2 Pronotum and elytra with long, fine pilosity; elytral striae clearly visible ................................................... O.snizeki Lacroix, 2005
- Pronotum and elytra covered with short scales, elytral striae weakly visible................................................................................... 3
3 Clypeus flat, matte, micropunctate, without keel.................................................................................. O. squamosus Lacroix, 2005
- Clypeus concave, strongly punctate, with keel ................................................................................................................................ 4
4 Anterior margin of clypeus pointed........................................................................................................ O. capriviensis Evans, 1987
- Anterior margin of clypeus rounded........................................................................................................ O. longicornis Arrow, 1936
5 Pronotum squamose ............................................................................................................................. O. hirsutus Waterhouse, 1875
- Pronotum setose ................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
6 Protibia bidentate.......................................................................................................................... O. bidentatus Sehnal, new species
- Protibia tridentate .............................................................................................................................................................................. 7
7 Elytra squamose; pronotum shiny ................................................................................................................. O. bicolor Evans, 1987
- Elytra setose; pronotum matte ........................................................................................................................................................... 8
8 Pronotal disc with medial line; elytral striae distinct ..................................................................................... O. uhligi Lacroix, 2005
- Pronotal disc without medial line; elytra without striae.................................................................................................................... 9
9 Smaller species, <7.0 mm; clypeal subapical carina long, clypeus widely curved, anteriorly broadly arcuate; Namibia................. ........................................................................................................................................................................... O. pilosus Frey, 1960
- Larger species,> 7.3 mm; clypeal subapical carina short, clypeus pointed apically; Zimbabwe....................................................... ......................................................................................................................................................... O. lupanus Sehnal, new species
description: Published as part of Sehnal, Richard, 2018, Two new Oedanomerus species from Zimbabwe (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Tanyproctini), pp. 593-600 in Zootaxa 4377 (4) on page 600, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.4.10, http://zenodo.org/record/1165782