Ceratocanthinae
Creators: name: Ballerio, Alberto
name: Gill, Bruce D.
name: Grebennikov, Vasily V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hybosoridae

description: Key to the described species of Cameroonian Ceratocanthinae
1 Protibiae broadly arcuate, outer margins at most finely serrate with weak tooth apically, no distinct teeth visible.......... 2
- Protibiae straight, with one or more distinct teeth on outer margin............................................... 9
2 Head with strong, large, dorsal trichome................................... Callophilharmostes fleutiauxi (Paulian)
- Head without strong, large, dorsal trichome, rarely with short setae............................................... 3
3 Genal canthus indistinct, no dorsal ocular area; small, flightless species (genus Baloghianestes)...................... 4
- Genal canthus distinct with dorsal ocular area; winged species.................................................. 7
4 Pseudoepipleura delimited by sharp carina, which is sometimes interrupted at middle; with pseudoepipleura abruptly folded inwards............................................................................................ 5
- Pseudoepipleura not delimited by sharp carina or, at most, by a hint of a sharp carina present near humeral area; with pseu- doepipleura almost indistinct............................................................................ 6
5 Elytral humeral area with a distinct, tubercle-like process (Fig. 4)................. Baloghianestes oribatidiformis n. sp.
- Elytral humeral area without tubercle or tubercle-like process (Fig. 6).................. Baloghianestes korupensis n. sp.
6 Head with vertex having irregular raised longitudinal process. Setae clavate (Fig. 5)....... Baloghianestes lissoubai Paulian
- Head without raised, longitudinal process. Setae simple (Fig. 3).......................... Baloghianestes anceps n. sp.
7 Dorsal surface of elytra and pronotum with several distinct tubercles (Fig. 8)........ Carinophilharmostes vadoni (Paulian)
- Dorsal surface of elytra and pronotum lacking carinae or tubercles.............................................. 8
8 Dorsal surface covered by short, thick setae (Fig. 18)............................ Petrovitzostes guineensis (Petrovitz)
- Dorsal surface lacking setation (low magnification: 20X)............................ Philharmostes badius (Petrovitz)
9 Length greater than 8 mm; genal canthus not reaching occipital area (Figs. 9–11)......... Congomostes hintelmanni n. sp.
- Length less than 8 mm; genal canthus reaching occipital area................................................. 10
10 Pseudoepipleura delimited at least partly by cariniform process................................................ 12
- Pseudoepipleura not delimited by cariniform process........................................................ 11
11 Elytra with irregular rows of small, shallow, comma-shaped punctures arranged transversely, basally and longitudinally along median and distal third (Fig. 16)....................................... Pseudopterorthochaetes endroedyi (Paulian)
- Elytra with large, horseshoe-shaped, shallow, transverse punctures (Fig. 15)......... Melanophilharmostes demirei Paulian
12 Surface of elytra and pronotum with fine, dense, simple punctures between fine, horseshoe-shaped punctures (Fig. 17)............................................................................ Melanophilharmostes zicsii (Paulian)
- Surface of elytra and pronotum smooth between large, shallow, ocellate punctures.. Melanophilharmostes burgeoni (Paulian)
description: Published as part of Ballerio, Alberto, Gill, Bruce D. & Grebennikov, Vasily V., 2011, Illustrated overview and identification key to Cameroonian Ceratocanthinae beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae) with description of four new species, pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 2892 on page 22, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277641