Chlamydopsinae BICKHARDT 1914
Creators: name: Tishechkin, Alexey K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Histeridae

description: KEY TO THE SPECIES OF VANUATUAN CHLAMYDOPSINAE BICKHARDT, 1914
1. Elytra without trichomes ..................................................... Ceratohister vanuatu n. sp.
— Elytra with prominent humeral trichomes .................................................................. 2
2. Pronotum transverse, septagonal, its anterior and lateral margins raised and fringed with a row of long yellow setae ................................................. Chlamydopsis caterinoi n. sp.
— Pronotum subquadrate or elongate, without raised margins and setose fringe ............. 3
3. Entire surface of elytra, including part of trichome elevations and most of area between them, covered with dense large punctures; pronotum with the same type of punctation throughout the entire surface, dorsal setae sparse, small and inconspicuous ................... ............................................................................................. Eucurtiopsis penaoru n. sp.
— Substantial area of elytral surfaces, including on and between trichome elevations, lack punctures, smooth and shiny ...................................................................................... 4
4. Dorsal surface with abundant conspicuous setae prominently arranged into clusters on pronotum and posterior parts of elytra ....................................................................... 5
— Elytra and often pronotum without conspicuous setal clusters, setation absent or at best with minute background setation obvious under higher magnification ....................... 7
5. Most of elytral surface smooth and shiny, area of sparse punctation present only in posterior third medially, along suture ..................................................... Eucurtiopsis ibisca n. sp.
— Most of elytral surface covered with dense large punctures, punctation always reaching lateral margins of pronotum in posterior half and present at elytral bases between trichomes ... 6
6. Both trichome elevations and area between them with surfaces shiny, without punctures; parts of anterior elevations posterior to transverse ridges slightly convex ........................ ............................................................................................ Eucurtiopsis corbarai n. sp.
— Basal parts of both trichome elevations and presutural parts of area between them with conspicuous dense punctures; parts of anterior elevations posterior to transverse ridges distinctly concave ............................................................... Eucurtiopsis kitchingi n. sp.
7. Elytra smooth and shiny, only with a few punctures in presutural area; pronotum with sparse punctures and numerous small tubercles bearing tufts of setae atop; trichomes small and narrow ......................................................................... Eucurtiopsis degallieri n. sp.
— Elytra with large deep punctures variably covering most of posterior half and substantial areas near bases; pronotum with dense punctures and numerous small tubercles, without setae; trichomes large and wide, extending beyond trichome elevations on flat surface between them as narrow angular projections .......................... Eucurtiopsis pascali n. sp.
description: Published as part of Tishechkin, Alexey K., 2009, Discovery of Chlamydopsinae (Insecta, Coleoptera, Histeridae) in Vanuatu with the description of eight new species from Espiritu Santo Island, pp. 661-690 in Zoosystema 31 (3) on page 663, DOI: 10.5252/z2009n3a13, http://zenodo.org/record/5398808