Peritelini Lacordaire 1863
Creators: name: Pierotti, Helio
name: Bellò, Cesare
name: Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae

description: Key to the Iberian genera of Peritelini  1 Rostrum in dorsal view apically delimited by a complete elevation in front of anterior margin of pterygia (Fig. 1b); apex of protibia distinctly widened outwards (Figs. 2b–c).......................................................................................... 2  
- Rostrum in dorsal view apically delimited by anterior margins of pterygia (Fig. 1a), sometimes with a short low elevation on prolongation of outer margin of epistome; apex of protibia externally widened, straight or rounded........ 4  
 2 Epistome apically notched ................................................................................................................................ Peritelus   
- Epistome apically not notched...................................................................................................................................... 3  
 3 Rostrum uniformly narrowed towards apex, or more or less equally wide from anterior margin of eye to posterior margin of pterygia (Fig. 1b); elytra with setae reclinate to appressed ............................................................ Euplister   
 - Rostrum narrowest a little distance behind pterygia (Fig. 1c); elytra with setae semi-erect to erect .. Pseudoperitelus   
4 Tarsal claws free............................................................................................................................................................ 5  
- Tarsal claws fused......................................................................................................................................................... 6  
 5 Frons clearly higher than upper eye margin in lateral view; underside of head near lower margin of rostrum densely squamose ................................................................................................................................................................. Simo   
 - Frons not higher than upper eye margin in lateral view; underside of head near lower margin of rostrum without scales ................................................................................................................................................................ Simopsis   
6 Frontal sulcus obsolete, base of rostrum hardly separated from frons and front eye margin (Figs. 1 -Bc, 1d)............ 7  
- Frontal sulcus deep, base of rostrum evidently separated from frons and front eye margin (Figs. 1 -Ba, 1b)............. 9  
 7 Claws unequal: the posterior one rudimentary, much shorter than anterior one; dorsum usually with sparse scales... ............................................................................................................................................................... Gymnomorphus   
- Claws subequal to equal; dorsum with dense scales.................................................................................................... 8  
 8 Frons level with vertex; tegmen Y-shaped, manubrium elongate (Fig. 6a); body never strongly elongate.................. .................................................................................................................................................................... Pseudomeira   
 - Frons clearly at lower level that vertex; tegmen almost V-shaped, manubrium very short (Fig. 6b); body strongly elongate, sides subparallel .............................................................................................................................. Borovecia   
 9 Epistome notched; protarsal onychium clearly recurved and incrassate from base to apex; body elongate, larger (length 3.9–5.1 mm) ............................................................................................................................. Heteromeiropsis   
- Epistome not notched; protarsal onychium almost straight, not or hardly incrassate from base to apex; body plump, smaller (length 2.4–3.9 mm)...................................................................................................................................... 10  
 10 Funicle very robust, not or hardly narrower than scape and club, last two desmomeres clearly transverse (Fig. 4b); elytra with strongly imbricate scales; apex of ovipositor fusiform and heavily sclerotised (Fig. 10b, 13b, 14b)......... ............................................................................................................................................................................... Meira   
 - Funicle narrow, clearly narrower than scape and club, last two desmomeres not or hardly wider than long (Fig. 4a); elytra with scales not or hardly imbricate; apex of ovipositor triangular, not or slightly sclerotised (Fig. 29c)........... ........................................................................................................................................................................... Meirella
description: Published as part of Pierotti, Helio, Bellò, Cesare & Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., 2010, 2376, pp. 1-96 in Zootaxa 2376 on page 8