Eurypogon Motschulsky 1859
Creators: name: Packova, Gabriela
name: Hájek, Jiří
name: Geiser, Michael
name: Kundrata, Robin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Artematopodidae
Eurypogon

description: An updated identification key to Eurypogon species from the Chinese mainland
1. Head and pronotum blackish, elytra metallic blue to green (Fig. 1C, D).......................................... 2
-. Head, pronotum, and elytra more or less uniformly dark brown to blackish....................................... 3
2. Pronotum with slightly concave sides and not so prominent posterior angles (Fig. 2F in Kundrata et al. 2013); punctures on head and pronotum larger and denser............................................. E. jaechi Kundrata et al., 2013
-. Pronotum with distinctly concave sides and prominent posterior angles (Fig. 2G in Kundrata et al. 2013); punctures on head and pronotum smaller and sparser........................................... E. heishuiensis Kundrata et al., 2013
3. Male elytra ≥ 2.3 times as long as wide; female elytra ≥ 2.1 times as long as wide; aedeagus with U-shaped phallobase (Fig. 12D)....................................................................... E. sanzang Wang & Liu, 2021
-. Male elytra ≤ 2.2 times as long as wide; female elytra ≤ 2.0 times as long as wide; aedeagus without U-shaped phallobase.. 4
4. Elytra with relatively rough surface, elytral punctures coarse, moderately large to large (Fig. 10B, E).................. 5
-. Elytra with relatively smooth surface, elytral punctures fine, small (Fig. 10C, F)................................... 6
5. Intervals between elytral punctures within single row usually less than 1.0 times puncture diameter; intervals between elytral punctures of different rows usually about 1.0 puncture diameter (Fig. 10B); parameres distinctly shorter, reaching about 3/5 of median lobe (Fig. 12B)............................................................... E. pubescens sp. nov.
-. Intervals between elytral punctures within single row usually 1.0–2.0 times puncture diameter; intervals between elytral punctures of different rows usually about 2.0–3.0 puncture diameter (Fig. 10E); parameres distinctly longer, reaching about the place where the median lobe is abruptly narrowed subapically (Fig. 12E)............ E. schuhi Packova & Kundrata, 2023
6. Aedeagal median lobe robust, with sides subparallel for most of their length, width at base almost equal to width in middle (Fig. 12C)................................................................................ E. ruzickai sp. nov.
-. Aedeagal median lobe slender, distinctly widest basally, width at base approximately twice width in middle (Fig. 12F)........................................................................................... E. turnai sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Packova, Gabriela, Hájek, Jiří, Geiser, Michael & Kundrata, Robin, 2024, Taxonomic review of Palearctic Eurypogon Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Artematopodidae), with a redescription of the only European species and descriptions of three new species from China, pp. 451-479 in Zootaxa 5437 (4) on page 474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10985256