Lathropus Erichson
Creators: name: Thomas, Michael C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Laemophloeidae
Lathropus

description: Key to the adults of Lathropus Erichson in Florida and the West Indies, excluding the Lesser Antilles   
 1. Elytra with a color pattern (Fig. 1-4).......................................................................................... 5   
 — Elytra without a color pattern..................................................................................................... 2   
 2(1). Sublateral line of pronotum carinate and complete (Fig.21-22); color usually testaceous; occurring in Florida and the West Indies................................................................................................. 3   
 — Sublateral line of pronotum obsolescent or broken (Fig. 25-26); color dark brown to piceous; not known from the West Indies.................................................................................................... 4   
 3(2). Sublateral line more strongly carinate (Fig.21); pronotum not constricted at base; armature of internal sac as in Fig. 39. Jamaica......................................  L. jamaicensis Thomas, n. sp.    
 — Sublateral line less strongly carinate (Fig. 22); pronotum slightly constricted at base; armature of internal sac as in Fig. 40. Florida and the West Indies.................................................................................................................................................  L. rhabdophloeoides Thomas, n. sp  .   
 4(2). Pronotum more or less evenly rounded laterally, widest at about middle (Fig. 25); pronotal sculpture even over entire surface (Fig. 28); armature of internal sac as in Fig. 37, 42. eastern U.S. including Florida.....................................................................................  L. robustulus Casey    
 — Pronotum distinctly constricted basally, widest before middle (Fig. 26); pronotum with an area of obviously different sculpture laterally (Fig. 29); armature of internal sac as in Fig. 36. eastern U.S. including Florida.................................................................................  L. vernalis Casey    
 5(1). Elytral color pattern consisting of irregular dark blotches (Fig. 3); ground color brownish yellow; armature of internal sac as in Fig. 35. Florida, West Indies....................  L. pictus Schwarz    
 — Elytral color pattern consisting of transverse bands; ground color orange................................ 6   
 6(5). Elytra pale with transverse dark bands at base, middle and apex (Fig. 4); armature of internal sac as in Fig. 38. Bahamas................................................  L. chickcharnie Thomas, n. sp.    
 — Elytra dark with a pale transverse band at basal 1/3 (Fig. 1-2); armature of internal sac as in Fig. 34. Central America, Cayman Islands...............................................  L. parvulus Grouvelle
description: Published as part of Thomas, Michael C., 2010, A review of Lathropus Erichson (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) in Florida and the West Indies, excluding the Lesser Antilles, pp. 1-21 in Insecta Mundi 2010 (120) on page 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5352802