Geodromicus lestevoides
Creators: name: Shаvrin, Аlexey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Geodromicus
Geodromicus lestevoides

description: Key to lestevoides group
1 Elytra distinctly broader than long........................................................................ 2
- Elytra longer than wide or as broad as long................................................................ 4
2 Eyes three times longer than temples. Pronotum slightly (about 1/10) broader than long, without or with very vague longitudinal depression. Body dark brown to brown; legs yellow-brown to reddish-brown. Aedeagus as in Figs. 64–68. 4.90–7.35 mm. SE China ....................................................................... G. smetanai Shavrin, sp.n.
- Eyes about twice longer than temples. Pronotum 1/8–1/9 broader than long, with distinct longitudinal depression. Body reddish-brown to brown, legs yellow to brown, apical part of femora sometimes brown to black...................... 3
3 Pronotum about 1/7 broader than head, less convex. Body smaller: 3.77–6.05 mm. Aedeagus with narrow median lobe, parameres evidently flattened and broadened distally (Figs. 70–74). Apical margin of male abdominal sternite VIII with small wide emargination. Body reddish brown to brown. C & SW China.................. G. szechwanensis Bernhauer, 1943
- Pronotum 1/6–1/8 broader than head, very convex. Body larger: 7.00–8.00 mm. Aedeagus with wide median lobe and thin parameres cylindrical in their cross-section (Zerche 2003: Fig. 11; Kim & al. 2008: Fig. 14–15). Apical margin of male abdominal sternite VIII with very deep emargination (Kim & al. 2008: Fig. 12). Body brown. Russian Far East, NE China, S Korea ............................................................................. G. abdominalis Zerche, 2003
4 Body with metallic bluish or greenish reflection............................................................. 5
- Body without metallic reflection......................................................................... 6
5 Eyes three times longer than temples. Pronotum widest in anterior third. Median lobe of aedeagus wider, apical narrowing more abrupt, parameres narrower and weakly curved apically (Rougemont & Schillhammer 2010: Figs. 2 – 4). 5.20 mm. SE China..................................................... G. cupreostigma Rougemont & Schillhammer, 2010
- Eyes less than twice longer than temples. Pronotum widest in the middle. Median lobe of aedeagus narrower, abruptly tapered from apical third towards apex, parameres wider and strongly curved apically (Shavrin 2013: Figs. 3 – 5). 4.90 – 5.60 mm. SE China ............................................................................ G. lucidus Shavrin, 2013
6 Puncturation greater and coarser......................................................................... 7
- Puncturation somewhat finer and more regular............................................................. 9
7 Elytra about 1/8 broader than long. Femora yellowish-brown. Aedeagus as in Figs. 38–40. 6.20–6.80 mm. N Japan.................................................................................... G. miyamorii (Watanabe, 1990)
- Elytra about as broad as long. Femora reddish brown to black................................................. 8
8 Pronotum 1/3–1/8 broader than long and 1/3–1/9 broader than head. Lateral sides of apical emargination of male abdominal sternite VIII with or without slight sinuation (Figs. 6–7). Median lobe of the aedeagus as in Figs. 10, 12– 21. 4.20–6.40 mm. E Russia, NE China, Korea ....................................................... G. beibienkoi Tichomirova, 1973
- Pronotum 1/7–1/9 broader than long and 1/6–1/7 broader than head. Lateral sides of apical emargination of male abdominal sternite VIII with a pronounced projection each (Fig. 8). Median lobe of the aedeagus as in Figs. 4– 5. 5.00– 6.50 mm.? Korea, N and C Japan .................................................................. G. caliginosus (Sharp, 1889)
9 Pronotum more transverse, 1/3–1/5 broader than long....................................................... 10
- Pronotum narrower, 1/7–1/10 broader than long............................................................ 11
10 Legs yellow to brown, apical part of femora and tibiae contrastly paler, yellow to yellow-brown. Aedeagus as in Figs. 55–63. 3.80–5.65 mm. E Russia, Korea, NE China .......................................... G. sibiricus Bernhauer, 1915
- Legs reddish-brown to black, sometimes apical part of femora and tibiae paler. Aedeagus as in Figs. 41–43. 4.70–6.35 mm. Russian Far East (Kunashir), N Japan............................................... G. iburinus (Watanabe, 1990)
11 Pronotum with distinct longitudinal impression. Body red-brown; femora yellowish-brown. Aedeagus as in Fig. 2– 3. 4.00 – 4.20 mm. S Japan ............................................................ G. amamianus (Watanabe, 1990)
- Pronotum without or with very indistinct longitudinal impression. Body yellow-brown to black; femora yellowish-brown to black or bicolour..................................................................................... 12
12 Elytra about twice as long as pronotum.................................................................. 13
- Elytra 1/3–1/6 as long as pronotum...................................................................... 15
13 Legs yellowish-brown to brown. Aedeagus as in Figs. 30–31, 33– 34. 4.50–4.90 mm. Mongolia ......................................................................................................... G. frigidus Smetana, 1968
- Legs with bicolour femora and tibiae..................................................................... 14
14 Puncturation of median portion of pronotum markedly irregular, distinctly coarser and denser. Legs yellow-brown, apical parts of femora and tibiae brown. Aedeagus as in Figs. 26 – 27. 4.85–5.10 mm. Body dark brown. SE China ................................................................................................. G. chinensis Bernhauer, 1938
- Puncturation of median portion of pronotum more or less regular, moderately smaller and sparser. Legs reddish-brown to black, sometimes apical part of femora and tibiae paler. Aedeagus as in Figs. 47–51. 3.50–5.90 mm. Russian Far East, N and C Japan ..................................................................... G. nipponensis (Watanabe, 1990)
15 Elytra not broader than long, nearly as broad as long. Body black, each elytron with oblique red macula near middle. Aedeagus as in Figs. 35– 37. 4.00 – 5.10 mm. South Korea, central Japan .......................... G. hammondi (Watanabe, 1990)
- Elytra 1/9–1/10 broader than long....................................................................... 16
16 Body black, elytra without maculae. Median lobe of the aedeagus as in Figs. 28. Body larger: 5.90–6.30 mm. N and C Japan............................................................................. G. japonicus (Watanabe, 1990)
- Body yellowish-brown to dark brown, each elytron with wide yellow to reddish-brown macula extending from humeral angles to apical margin of elytra. Median lobe of the aedeagus as in Figs. 52. Body smaller: 2.90–4.70 mm. Russian Far East, NW China, Korea, N and C Japan ..................................................... G. lestevoides (Sharp, 1889)
description: Published as part of Shаvrin, Аlexey V., 2018, The lestevoides species group of the genus Geodromicus Redtenbacher, 1857 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4378 (2) on pages 154-155, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1169043