Euops
Creators: name: Riedel, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Attelabidae
Euops

description: Key to the Euops species of India excluding the Himalaya region
1 Coloration orange, only eyes black (Figs. 3–4, 15–16); pronotum smooth, sparsely punctate; prementum with two apical teeth. ......................................................................................................................................... E. tamilnadunsis
– Coloration dark with more or less colourful metallic lustre; pronotum sparsely punctate or punctate-rugose; prementum with three apical teeth .......................................................................................................................................... 2
2 (1)Pronotum subglabrous; with sparse punctures, without wrinkles (Fig. 60) .................................... E. trichinopoliensis
– Pronotum markedly punctate-rugose .......................................................................................................................... 3
3 (2)Abdominal venter subglabrous or setose with simple setae (-> males) ..................................................................... 4
– Abdominal venter with transverse rows of modified setae (-> females) .................................................................... 8
4 (3)Mesotibia subapically simple (Fig. 123); head with gena longer (Fig. 104); wrinkles of pronotum concentric around short midline (Fig. 78) .............................................................................................................................. E. andrewesi
– Mesotibia subapically with acute spiniform process (Figs. 125–128); head with gena shorter (Figs. 108, 110, 112, 114); pronotum with curved, transverse wrinkles open anteriorly .............................................................................. 5
5 (4)Mesosternum simple; subapical process of mesotibia large (Fig. 125); TA of aedeagus not flagelliform (Figs. 138–139, 159) ............................................................................................................................................ E. bowringii
– Mesosternum between mesocoxae with protrusion projecting anteriad (Fig. 77); subapical process of mesotibia smaller (Figs. 126–128); TA of aedeagus flagelliform (Figs. 145, 150, 155). .................................. 6 (indicus -group)
6 (5)Pedon of aedeagus apically subtruncate (Figs. 143, 146); prothorax in front of procoxa not projecting in lateral aspect; subapical process of mesotibia longer (Fig. 126); rostrum in lateral aspect thinner, dorsal contour in middle somewhat depressed (Fig. 110) ...................................................................................................................... E. indicus
– Pedon of aedeagus apically pointed (Figs. 151, 156), prothorax in front of procoxa subangulate, projecting in lateral aspect (Figs. 24, 76); subapical process of mesotibia shorter (Figs. 127–128); rostrum in lateral aspect thicker, dorsal contour not depressed in middle (Figs. 112, 114) ....................................................................................................... 7
7 (6)Coloration largely coppery-bronze; abdominal ventrite 4 with median pit containing sparse setae, but without dense brush (Figs. 95–96); rostrum in lateral aspect thinner (Fig. 114) ....................................................... E. pseudoindicus
– Coloration largely deep blue; abdominal ventrite 4 with small erect median brush of dense stiff setae (Fig. 98); rostrum in lateral aspect thicker (Fig. 112) ....................................................................................... E. keiseri nilgiriensis
8 (3)Ventral margin of protibia in middle subangulately projecting (Fig. 130); coloration of tarsi and antenna ferruginous, remainder of body dark, either largely brownish or metallic green (Figs. 2, 14, as in 25); wrinkles of pronotum concentric around midline (Fig. 78) ............................................................................................................... E. andrewesi
– Ventral margin of protibia sinuate (Figs. 131–135); coloration of tarsi and antenna same as remainder of body, usually black with metallic lustre; pronotum with curved, transverse wrinkles open anteriorly ...................................... 9
9 (8)Mesosternum simple; protibia as in Fig. 132 ............................................................................................ E. bowringii
– Mesosternum between mesocoxae with protrusion projecting anteriad (Fig. 77); protibia as in Figs. 133–135 .......... .......................................................................................................................................................... 10 (indicus -group)
10 (9)Prothorax in front of procoxa not projecting in lateral aspect (Fig. 20); dorsal contour of protibia weakly convex (Fig. 133) E. indicus
– Prothorax in front of procoxa subangulate, projecting in lateral aspect (Figs. 22, 24); dorsal contour of protibia markedly convex (Figs. 134–135) ............................................................................................................................. 11
11 (10)Coloration largely coppery-bronze (Fig. 8); protibia as in Fig. 135, dorsal contour more convex. E. pseudoindicus
– Coloration largely deep blue (Fig. 10); protibia as in Fig. 134, dorsal contour less convex ....... E. keiseri nilgiriensis
description: Published as part of Riedel, Alexander, 2009, A taxonomic study of the Indian species of Euops Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Attelabidae), pp. 1-56 in Zootaxa 2125 on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.188214