Physodera Eschscholtz
Creators: name: Ma, Yunlong
name: Shi, Hongliang
name: Liang, Hongbin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Physodera

description: Key to species of Physodera Eschscholtz
1. Pronotum bicolor, dark with distinct light pattern; sternum and tergum VII blackish, both with striking yellowish pattern (Figs. 45–47)..............................................................................................2
- Pronotum unicolor, sometimes lateral expansion a little lighter, but never forming distinct pattern; sternum and tergum VII usually uniformly blackish, sometimes only tergum VII with vague yellowish pattern around spiracles (Fig. 48)...........6
2. Pronotum light pattern plain, not forming callosity; elytra dark with light pattern on disc or apex (amplicollis -group).......3
- Pronotum each side with an ivory callosity (Figs. 29, 30); elytra unicolor (dejeani -group)............................5
3. Elytra with large orange-yellow zigzag pattern on disc (Figs. 27, 28); interval punctures dense and same size as stria punctures, strial puncture rows indistinct........................................................ P. bousqueti Mateu, 1990
- Elytra with narrow yellowish band at apex (Figs. 13, 25, 26); interval punctures much smaller than stria punctures, strial punc- ture rows distinct......................................................................................4
4. Pronotal hind angles fully round; pronotal lateral expansions yellow, without dark spot (Fig. 13).. P. diglena Andrewes, 1930
- Pronotal hind angles more or less distinct; pronotal lateral expansions yellow to orange yellow, each side with a dark spot in (Figs. 25, 26)................................................................ P. amplicollis Van de Poll, 1889
5 Pronotal callosities large, distinctly larger than eyes; pronotum base shortly lobed, lateral notch (between posterior angle and basal lobe) width more than two times as length (Fig. 52); elytral interval finely punctate; larger species, 9.5–10.5mm; widely distributed in Oriental Realm, except for Malay Peninsula and Borneo..................... P. dejeani Eschscholtz, 1829
- Pronotal callosities small, about same size as eyes; pronotum base strongly lobed, lateral notch width about same as length (Fig. 53); elytral interval impunctate; smaller species, 8.5–9.0mm; Malay Peninsula and Borneo...................................................................................................... P. chalceres Andrewes, 1930
6. Elytra dark, disc with a pair of ivory callosities; antennomeres 5–11 distinctly widened (Fig. 59) (eburata -group).........7
- Elytra without callosity, unicolor or bicolor; apical antennomeres not widened (Fig. 58)..............................9
7 Elytral callosity ovate, larger, length more than 0.4 times as elytral length (Fig. 18); Borneo..... P. bifenestrata Heller, 1923
- Elytral callosity smaller, length about 0.2–0.25 times as elytral length............................................8
8. Elytral callosity nearly round, without distinct notch (Fig. 19); third interval with five or six setigerous pores; fifth interval with three or four pores (Fig. 62); Sulawesi..................................................... P. sciakyi sp. n.
- Elytral callosity distinctly notched posteriorly (Fig. 17); third interval with two setigerous pores; fifth interval with one pore near base; the Philippines............................................................. P. eburata Heller, 1923
9. Elytra dark metallic, with two reddish spots near apex........................................................ 10
- Elytra uniformly metallic, without spot................................................................... 11
10. Head and pronotum reddish brown, elytra metallic blue; elytral red spots occupied intervals 1 to 6 (Fig. 20); the Philippines............................................................................... P. andrewesi (Jedlička, 1934)
- Head and pronotum dark brown, elytra metallic dark green; elytral red spots occupied intervals 2 to 4 (Fig. 21); New Guinea, China (Xizang). ................................................................ P. bacchusi Darlington, 1971
11. Pronotal lateral margins more or less angulate near middle (Fig. 49); the fifth elytral interval with one large setigerous pore near base only................................................................... P. eschscholtzii Parry, 1849
- Pronotal lateral margins about evenly round near middle; the fifth elytral interval with three or more setigerous pores..... 12
12. Body form relative flat; pronotal hind angles blunt, not projected; elytral intervals with fine punctures; SE. China................................................................................................. P. unicolor sp. n.
- Body form strongly convex; pronotal hind angles about acute, a little projected laterally; elytral intervals almost impunctate; Sulawesi ................................................................... P. cyanipennis Van de Poll, 1889
description: Published as part of Ma, Yunlong, Shi, Hongliang & Liang, Hongbin, 2017, Revision of the Oriental Genus Physodera Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini, Physoderina), with the descriptions of two new species, pp. 297-328 in Zootaxa 4243 (2) on page 298, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/399097