Anillina Jeannel 1937
Creators: name: Cicchino, Armando C.
name: Roig- Juñent, Sergio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2001
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae

description: Key to Neotropical Anillina genera, based on characters of adults  1 Mentum tooth absent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2  
1' Mentum tooth present ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4  
 2 (1) Pronotum without setae; elytron with umbilical series type A (anillienée), with nine setae, seta 8 longest than setae 7 and 9 -------------------- 3   
 2' Pronotum with two lateral setae on each side; elytron with umbilical series type B (scoptodipniennée), with ten setae, seta 9 longest than setae 7 and 8 (Ecuador) ---------------------------------------- Zoianillus Sciaky, 1994   
 3 (2) Antenna long, extended to base of elytron; mentum without setae (Brazil) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stylulites Jeannel, 1963   
 3' Antenna short, extended only half length of pronotum; mentum with two setae (Greater Antilles) ------------------------------ Stylulus Schaufuss, 1882   
4 (1) Elytron with umbilical series type B (scoptodipniennée), seta 9 longest than setae 7 and 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5  
4' Elytron with umbilical series type A (anillienée), seta 8 longest than setae 7 and 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7  
 5 (4) Head without lateral frontal carinae; elytra fused (Galapagos Is.) ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mystroceridius Reichardt, 1970   
5' Head with lateral frontal carinae clearly visible and pronounced; elytra not fused ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6  
 6 (5) Length 3 mm; pronotum cordiform; labrum quadrisetose; mentum and submentum fused; paraglossae distinct -------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Honduranillus Zaballos, 1997   
 6' Length 2.5 mm; pronotum not cordiform; mentum and submentum not fused, free, labium with six setae; paraglossae indistinct. (Mexico) ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mexanillus Vigna­Taglianti, 1973   
 7 (4) Tarsi tetramerous (Peru) ------------------------------------ Anillotarsus Mateu, 1980   
7' Tarsi pentamerous ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8  
8 (7) Mentum with at least four setae ------------------------------------------------------------------- 10  
8' Mentum with two setae ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9  
 9 (8) Pronotum with three lateral setae on each side; third elytra stria without fixed setae (Peru). ------------------ Cryptocharidius Etonti and Mateu, 1992   
 9' Pronotum with two lateral setae on each side; elytra with three fixed setae on the third stria (Chile) ----------------------- Nothanillus Jeannel, 1962   
 10 (9) Body elongate; ligula with rounded paraglossae; pronotum cordiform, lateral sides convergent posteriorly, posterior region smooth ------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paranillopsis new genus   
 10' Body wide; ligula without paraglossae; lateral margin of prothorax convex, with posterior region serulate (Central America and Mexico) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Geocharidius Jeannel, 1963
description: Published as part of Cicchino, Armando C. & Roig- Juñent, Sergio, 2001, Description And Relationships Of Paranillopsis New Genus, Two New Species From Argentina, And A Key To The Neotropical Genera Of The Subtribe Anillina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini), pp. 185-193 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 55 (2) on page 186, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2001)055[0185:DAROPN]2.0.CO;2, http://zenodo.org/record/10102726