Baeocera Erichson 1845
Creators: name: Löbl, Ivan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Baeocera

description: Key to the Moluccan species of Baeocera
1 Metanepisterna distinct, separated clearly from metaventrite by a suture. Lateral parts of metaventrite very finely punctate ................................................................................................................................................................... 2
- Metanepisterna indistinct, fused with metaventrite. Lateral parts of metaventrite coarsely punctate .................... 4
2 Body about 1.6-1.7 mm long. Ventrite I with basal wrinkles ........................................................... B. agostii Löbl
- Body 1.05-1.40 mm long. Ventrite I lacking basal wrinkles .................................................................................. 3
3 Body 1.05 mm long. Basal striae of elytra broadly separated from lateral striae ........................... Baeocera sp. A
- Body about 1.40 mm long. Basal striae of elytra joined with lateral striae ..................................... Baeocera sp. B
4 Pronotum and hypomera conspicuous punctate, with punctures well visible at magnification 20 times ............... 5
- Pronotum and hypomera with inconspicuous punctation hardly visible at magnification 40 times, or impunctate...................................................................................................................................................................................7
5 Elytra with sutural striae shortened, starting well posterior of level of point of scutellum, basal striae absent .... 6
- Elytra with sutural striae entire and extended along basal margins to form basal striae ... B. punctiventris sp. nov.
6 Mesepimera impunctate. Body length about 1.3-1.4 mm ............................................................. B. notata sp. nov.
- Mesepimera punctate. Body length about 1.2 mm ................................................................ B. punctigera sp. nov.
7 Elytra with sutural striae shortened, starting well posterior of level of scutellar tip .............................................. 9
- Elytra with sutural striae entire, starting at elytral bases .......................................................................................11
9 Body length 0.90 mm. Apical fourth of parameres widened (dorsal view) ................................. B. kaibesara Löbl
- Body length about 1.20-1.35 mm. Apical fourth of parameres not widened ....................................................... 10
10 Tip of median lobe bent, tip of parameres not bent dorsally ............................................................. B. vicina Löbl
- Tip of median lobe not bent, tip of parameres bent dorsally ...................................................... B. incurva sp. nov.
11 Elytra with basal striae entire, joined to lateral striae ........................................................... B. paucivestis sp. nov.
- Elytra with basal striae broadly separated from lateral striae ............................................................................... 12
12 Aedeagus with tip of median lobe not bent ventrally............................................................................................13
- Aedeagus with tip of median lobe bent ventrally ................................................................................................. 14
13 Body about 1.20-1.35 mm long. Apices of parameres widened (lateral view) .................................. B. vafra Löbl
- Body about 1.0- 1.10 mm long. Apices of parameres not widened (lateral view) ........................... B. variata Löbl
14 Antennomere XI about 1.3 times as long as antennomere X. Aedeagus with flagellar guide-sclerite not widened apically .......................................................................................................................................... B. yamdena Löbl
- Antennomere XI about 1.1 times as long as antennomere X. Aedeagus with flagellar guide-sclerite widened apically ..................................................................................................................................... B. humicola sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Löbl, Ivan, 2022, Supplement to the knowledge of the Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the Moluccas, pp. 103-118 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 129 (1) on page 111, DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0064, http://zenodo.org/record/6461022