Pogonus Dejean 1821
Creators: name: Muñoz-Santiago, José
name: Ortuño, Vicente M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Pogonus

description: Subgenus Pogonus Dejean, 1821
1. Body coloration uniform: head, pronotum and elytra concolorous .................................................. 2
– Body bicolored: head and pronotum metallic green, elytra orange-testaceous (similar to the appendices) ....................................................................................................................................... 6
2. 3 rd interstria with fewer than 5 setigerous pores ............................................................................... 3
– 3 rd interstria with 5 setigerous pores. Tegument dark brown, with bronze sheen. Pronotum cordiform, transverse or sub-transverse. Length: 5.5–6.0 mm ......... Pogonus (Pogonus) gilvipes Dejean, 1828
3. Pronotum almost quadrangular, with the posterior region weakly narrowed and the base markedly wider than the anterior margin. Length: 6.0–8.0 mm .... Pogonus (Pogonus) riparius Dejean, 1828
– Pronotum cordiform, with the posterior region clearly narrowed and the base barely wider than the anterior margin .................................................................................................................................. 4
4. Tegument bluish green or emerald. Legs yellowish, paler. Pronotal disc smooth, very shiny. Length: 6.5–8.0 mm ............................................................... Pogonus (Pogonus) smaragdinus Waltl, 1835
– Tegument darker, in general bronze. Legs testaceous or brown, darker. Pronotal disk with a fine reticulation that makes it less shiny. Length: 5.5–7.0 mm ................................................................ 5
5. Anterior region of the pronotum markedly punctured. Elytra in general sub-oval, clearly wider than the pronotum. First antennomere brown. Length: 5.0–7.0 mm .......................................................... ....................................................................... Pogonus (Pogonus) chalceus viridanus Dejean, 1828
– Anterior region of the pronotum with a tenuous punctuation, barely visible. Elytra parallel or sub-parallel, barely wider than the pronotum. In general, first antennomere bronze, similar to the tegument of the body. Length: 5.5–6.5 mm ......... Pogonus (Pogonus) littoralis (Duftschmid, 1812)
6. Elytra narrow, parallel, slightly wider than the pronotum and markedly convex. Pronotum slightly or not transverse, with the lateral sinuosity less marked. Length: 7.0-8.0 mm .................................. ................................................................................ Pogonus (Pogonus) pallidipennis Dejean, 1828
– Elytra sub-parallel, clearly wider than the pronotum and less convex. Pronotum transverse, with the lateral sinuosity more marked. Length: 6.0–7.0 mm .......................................................................... .............................................................................. Pogonus (Pogonus) luridipennis (Germar, 1822)
Pogonini from the Ibero-Balearic region
description: Published as part of Muñoz-Santiago, José & Ortuño, Vicente M., 2022, Revision of the tribe Pogonini (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae) from the Ibero-Balearic region, pp. 75-109 in European Journal of Taxonomy 846 (1) on pages 80-81, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.846.1967, http://zenodo.org/record/7277247