Pocapharaptinus
Creators: name: Akotsen-Mensah, Clement
name: Philips, Keith
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Ptinidae
Pocapharaptinus

description: Key to Pocapharaptinus Species
1. Visible pronotal surface anteriomedially extending posteriorly between pronotal tufts at an angle ≤45° (Figs 25, 29, 31) ................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
1’. Visible pronotal surface anteriomedially extending posteriorly between pronotal tufts at an angle of ~90° or more (Figs 26, 27, 28, 30, 32) ................................................................................................................................................ 4
2. Visible pronotal surface anteriomedially extending posteriorly between pronotal tufts approximately parallel sided (Fig. 25) ......................................................................................................................................................... P. müllerae
2’ Visible pronotal surface anteriomedially extending posteriorly between pronotal tufts with sides distinctly converging ................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
3 Stiff erect bristles laterally on pronotum clearly visible and not obscured by flocculent setae; size smaller <1.8 mm (Figs 17, 18) .......................................................................................................................................... P. soutpanensis
3’ Stiff erect bristles laterally on pronotum obscured in part or wholly by flocculent setae; size larger> 2.0 mm (Figs 21, 22) ......................................................................................................................................................... P. aboakyer
4. Visible pronotal surface between pronotal tufts more smoothly rounded posteriorly (Fig. 30).................... P. lachnos
4’. Visible pronotal surface between pronotal tufts distinctly angulate posteriorly........................................................... 5
5. Distributed in central Namaqualand in western South Africa; visible pronotal surface posteriorly between pronotal tufts broadly, obtusely angled (Fig. 27). ............................................................................................... P. akotsenorum
5’ Distributed in southern cape region; visible pronotal surface not as above ................................................................. 6
6. Elytral setae relatively fine and elongate, wispy in appearance; white setae similar in thickness to tan or brown setae (Figs 23, 24) ................................................................................................................................................. P. acanthos
6’. Elytral setae relatively course, stiff or bristle-like; white setae distinctly thicker compared to tan or brown setae (eg. Figs 15, 16) .................................................................................................................................................................. 7
7. Visible pronotal cuticle inferior to pronotal tufts in frontal view abruptly angulate anteriorly (Fig 26). Mainly distributed east of 22° longitude; known from Swartberge Blesberg-E and Outenikwa Pass (Figs 15, 16).......... P. capensis
7. Visible pronotal cuticle inferior to pronotal tufts in frontal view evenly curved anteriorly (Fig 28). Mainly distributed west of 22° longitude; known from Matjisfontein Mountain, Grootberg and the Swartberg (Figs 11, 12)............ .................................................................................................................................................................... P. h a r r i s o n i
description: Published as part of Akotsen-Mensah, Clement & Philips, Keith, 2009, Description of a new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from South Africa, pp. 51-67 in Zootaxa 2160 on page 66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.188948