Euplister Pierotti & Bellò & Alonso-Zarazaga 2010
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
Euplister

description: Key to the Iberian species of Euplister   
(The distinction of the species is difficult due to significant intraspecific variability).  
1 Elytra with uniformly distributed setae, even in posterior part..................................................................................... 2  
- Elytra with setae grouped in desquamulate areoles in posterior part............................................................................ 4  
 2 Pterygia prominent; elytra with translucid, sparse scales on dorsum (Castellón) ........................................... E. mimus   
- Pterygia indistinct; elytra with grey, bronze or emerald scales on dorsum................................................................... 3  
 3 Eyes subconvex; mandibles distinctly longer than wide; at least first desmomere with few sparse setae; elytra globose in males, elongate in females (Granada) ................................................................................................ E. susanae   
 - Eyes flattened; mandibles not longer than wide; even first desmomere with dense setae; elytra elongate in both sexes (Valencia) ................................................................................................................................................... E. setabensis   
4 Elytra on dorsum with strongly imbricate scales.......................................................................................................... 5  
- Elytra on dorsum with not or hardly imbricate scales.................................................................................................. 8  
 5 Pterygia not or hardly prominent; desquamulate areoles on elytra with sparse setae, size 4.5–6.1 mm (Valencia)...... ...................................................................................................................................................................... E. moroderi   
- Pterygia prominent; desquamulate areoles of elytra with dense setae (Andalusia)..................................................... 6  
 6 Rostrum subquadrate; desmomere 2 distinctly longer than 4+5; size 3.6–7.5 mm (approximate mean: 5.8 mm) (Granada, Málaga, Cádiz) ............................................................................................................................. E. hybridus   
- Rostrum transverse, sides strongly convergent apicad; desmomere 2 shorter than or subequal to 4+5; size 3.1–5.3 mm (approximate mean: 3.9 mm)................................................................................................................................ 7  
 7 Length of eye in dorsal view not or hardly smaller than distance between front margin of eye and hind margin of pterygium; lateral outline of elytra in dorsal view weakly rounded; metatibia with robust, condensed setae on outer margin, forming a swelling near apex (Málaga) ............................................................................................... E. frater   
 - Length of eye in dorsal view clearly smaller than distance between front margin of eye and hind margin of pterygium; lateral outline of elytra markedly rounded; metatibia on outer margin near apex only with filiform setae (Granada).................................................................................................................................................................. E. trifolii   
 8 Antennal funicle slender, desmomere 5 moniliform (Lérida, Barcelona, Tarragona)................... E. megalophthalmus   
- Antennal funicle robust, desmomere 5 transverse....................................................................................................... 9  
 9 Rostrum not wider at base than at level of pterygia; scales on the pronotal disc elongate; desmomere 1 not or hardly longer than 2, at least in basal half with filiform setae (Córdoba, Málaga) ........................................... E. andalusicus   
 - Rostrum distinctly wider at base than at level of pterygia; scales on pronotal disc rounded; desmomere 1 clearly longer than 2, with setae broadened apically even on basal half (Alicante)................................................. E. velazquezi
description: Published as part of Pierotti, Helio, Bellò, Cesare & Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., 2010, 2376, pp. 1-96 in Zootaxa 2376 on page 35