Kateretidae Erichson 1846
Creators: name: Hisamatsu, Sadatomo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Kateretidae

description: Key to Kateretidae genera of Japan  1 Tarsal claws not dentate or slightly dilated at base (Figs. 3J, 5E, 9E). Apical segment of maxillary palpus slender (Figs. 3I, 5F, 8G, 9F). Ovipositor with styli (Figs. 3D, 4G, 5D, 6F, 7G, 8D, 9D).............................................................................................................. 2  
– Tarsal claws distinctly dentate at base (Figs. 10F, 11H).Apical segment of maxillary palpus enlarged (Figs. 10E, 11G). Ovipositor without styli (Figs. 10G, 11D).......................... 5  
2 Abdominal sternite III or III–V with tuft of setae in the middle in both sexes (Figs. 5H, 9K). Ovipositor with short styli (Figs. 5D, 9D)............................................................. 3  
– Abdominal sternite III or III–V without tuft of setae. Ovipositor with long styli (Figs. 3D, 4G, 6F, 7G, 8D).............................................................................................................. 4  
 3 Color reddish-yellow to dark brown. Lateral margins of pronotum smooth. Male protibia strongly arcuate (Figs. 2D, 9I). Abdominal sternite III with tuft of setae in middle (Fig. 9K)....................................................................................... Sibirhelus Kirejtshuk, 1989   
 – Color black. Lateral margins of pronotum distinctly serrate (Fig. 5G). Male protibia straight. Abdominal sternites III–V with tuft of setae in middle (Fig. 5H).............................................................................................................................. Platamartus Reitter, 1892   
 4 Pronotum rounded at posterior angles (Fig. 3H). Dorsal pronotal disc surface with coarse, large punctures, larger than eye-facet. Abdominal tergite VIII in males concealed............................................................................................................... Kateretes Herbst, 1793   
 – Pronotum angulate at posterior angles (Figs. 6H–N, 7I, 8F). Dorsal pronotal disc surface with dense, small punctures, smaller than eye-facet. Abdominal tergite VIII in males exposed..................................................................... Heterhelus Jacquelin du Val, 1858   
 5 Dorsal pronotal disc surface with sparse punctures, and sparsely covered with short setae (Fig. 2E). Pronotum narrower than elytra at base; posterior angles obtuse (Fig. 10H); hind margin straight................................................................. Brachypterus Kugelann, 1794   
 – Dorsal pronotal disc surface with dense punctures, and densely covered with long setae (Fig. 2F). Pronotum as wide as elytra at base; posterior angles angulate (Fig. 11F); hind margin sinuate............................................................. Brachypterolus Grouvelle, 1913
description: Published as part of Hisamatsu, Sadatomo, 2011, A review of the Japanese Kateretidae fauna (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea), pp. 551-585 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (2) on page 555, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5329313