Antillipeltis
Creators: name: Lawrence, John F.
name: Leschen, Richard A. B.
name: Ślipiński, Adam
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Trogossitidae
Antillipeltis

description: Key to the species of Antillipeltis
1. Elytra primarily yellow with dark brown or black maculae; vestiture of densely distributed, moderately long, fine, inclined or suberect setae (Figs 1 B, 1F); pronotal punctures shallow with gradually sloping sides, appearing coarse and dense under oblique light source; pronotal interspaces very finely granulate and moderately shiny; length 4.0– 5.5 mm; Dominican Republic .................................................................................................... 2
- Elytra usually dark brown or black, sometimes with yellow pigment along suture or sides (Figs 1 A, 1C–E); if main portion of elytral disc partly yellow, dark maculae absent and length less than 4 mm; vestiture of sparsely distributed, moderately long, erect fine setae or very short, fine setae, usually not extending beyond edges of punctures............................ 3
2. Head primarily yellow with large black area occupying vertex and part of frons; pronotum yellow with large triangular macula widest anteriorly and narrowing posteriorly (Fig. 1 B); pronotum more than 0.6 times as long as wide with strongly curved sides; elytra about 3 times as long as pronotum; elytral punctation finer and sparser, and setae shorter..... A. maculata sp. n.
- Head dark brown or black; pronotum uniformly reddish-brown (Fig. 1 F); pronotum about 0.5 times as long as wide with somewhat angulate sides; elytra more than 4 times as long as pronotum; elytral punctation coarser and denser and setae longer......................................................................................... A. pubescens sp. n.
3. Head, pronotum and ventral surfaces yellow; vestiture consisting of sparsely distributed, moderately long, erect, fine setae; elytra more than 1.6 times as long as wide; Miocene specimens in Dominican amber................................ 4
- Head and pronotum reddish-brown to black; vestiture consisting of minute setae usually not extending beyond edges of punctures; elytra less than 1.6 times as long as wide; extant species.................................................. 5
4. Pronotum more than 0.65 times as long as wide, its sides distinctly explanate with distinctly, coarsely crenulate edges; pronotal punctures unevenly distributed but usually separated by one or two diameters; length 3 mm ................. A. iviei sp. n.
- Pronotum less than 0.65 times as long as wide, its sides slightly explanate with weakly crenulate edges; pronotal punctures usually separated by more than two diameters; 2.7 mm ............................................. A. alleni sp. n.
5. Pronotal punctures with gradually sloping sides, appearing coarse and dense under oblique light source; pronotal interspaces very finely granulate or smooth and shiny; length less than 4 mm ................................................ 6
- Pronotal punctures with steep, abrupt sides, appearing fine and sparse under oblique light source; pronotal interspaces distinctly granulate with a dull sheen; length greater than 4 mm ................................................... 7
6. Length less than 3 mm; elytra yellow; pronotum reddish-brown; with sides only weakly rounded (Fig. 1 C); Dominican Republic ...................................................................................... A. minuta sp. n.
- Length greater than 3 mm; elytra dark brown with sides and suture yellow; pronotum black and somewhat metallic with sides distinctly rounded (Fig. 1 D); Puerto Rico ........................................................ A. nitida sp. n.
7. Head and pronotum black; pronotum with sides strongly rounded, somewhat angulate at middle and explanate with finely crenulate edges; elytra dark brown with yellow along sides (Fig. 1 A); length more than 5 mm; Haiti ..... A. darlingtoni sp. n.
- Head black; pronotum reddish-brown with sides weakly rounded, not explanate with coarsely crenulate edges; elytra dark brown with yellow along suture and sides (Fig. 1 E); length less than 5 mm; Puerto Rico ............ A. portoricensis sp. n.
description: Published as part of Lawrence, John F., Leschen, Richard A. B. & Ślipiński, Adam, 2014, Antillipeltis, a new genus of Antillean Trogossitidae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) with a key to the Cleroidea, pp. 435-454 in Zootaxa 3794 (3) on pages 438-439, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/231124