Turcmenicola (Turcmenicola) Bogatchev 1952
Creators: name: Bekchanov, Norbek Kh.
name: Nabozhenko, Maxim V.
name: Bekchanova, Mokhira Kh.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Turcmenicola

description: Key to species of the subgenus Turcmenicola, the genus Colposcelis.
1. Pronotum trapezoidal, widest at apical quarter (Figs 7A, F, 9C)................................................ 2
– Pronotum oval (Figs 5B, 1B, C, 3A, B) or cordiform (Figs 5A, D, E), widest at middle (Fig. 3B), slightly ahead of middle (Figs 1B, C) or rarely at anterior third (Fig. 5D), but in this case pronotum very long, body slender (Fig. 5D), apical piece of aedeagus strongly widened (Fig. 6C)............................................................................. 3
2. Border of elytral base wider than pronotum (Figs 7A, B, F). Mesoventrite with transverse deep wrinkles (Fig. 7E). Puncturation of head and pronotum fine and sparse, but much coarser, well visible (Fig. 7F)............................ C. lopatini
– Border of elytral base narrower than pronotum or with the same width (Fig. 9C). Mesoventrite with separate bracket-like fovea (Fig. 9D). Puncturation of head and pronotum extremely fine and sparse, almost imperceptible (Fig. 9C)................................................................................................ C. khudaybergani sp. n.
3. Elytral border complete, reaching scutellar shield (Figs 5A, B, D). Male protibiae (dorsal view) strongly bent at apical third (Fig. 6A). Antennomere 1 coarsely and densely punctured (Fig. 5E) Body length 9–10 mm .................. C. selevini
– Elytral border shortly interrupted in middle, not reaching scutellar shield (Figs 1A–C, 3A–C). Male protibia (dorsal view) weakly bent along entire length (Figs 1A, B, 4B). Antennomere 1 finely and sparsely punctured (Figs 2A, 3E)........... 4
4. Lateral margin of eyes very weakly rounded, almost straight, lateral margin of head at junction of eye and temple angular (Fig. 2A). Intercoxal process of abdominal ventrite 1 between metacoxae transversely impressed at apex, border interrupted only at middle, border lines curved towards the middle (Fig. 1F). Metaventrite and abdominal ventrite 1 with simple punctures along coxae, very rarely with with several hardly visible bracked-like punctures (Fig. 1F). Male aedeagus – Figs 2C, D. Body length 7.5–9.4 mm ............................................................................... C. jachontovi
– Lateral margin of eyes evenly moderately rounded, lateral margin of head at junction of eye and temple not angular (Fig. 3E). Intercoxal process of abdominal ventrite 1 between metacoxae not transversely impressed at apex, not bordered apically, border lines straightly interrupted at apex (Fig. 3D). Metaventrite and abdominal ventrite 1 coarsely and densely punctured with rasp-like foveae along coxae (Fig. 3D). Male aedeagus – Figs 4D, E................................ C. ustyurtensis sp. n.
description: Published as part of Bekchanov, Norbek Kh., Nabozhenko, Maxim V. & Bekchanova, Mokhira Kh., 2023, Review of the subgenus Turcmenicola Bogatchev, 1952, the genus Colposcelis Dejean, 1834 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Tentyriini), pp. 550-564 in Zootaxa 5375 (4) on page 563, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/10203164