Peltonotus undetermined Burmeister
Creators: name: Jameson, Mary Liz
name: Wada, Kaoru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dynastidae
Peltonotus
Peltonotus undetermined

description: Key to Male Peltonotus Species
(Males of P.kyojinus, P. nethis, P. pruinosus, and P. suehirogarus are not known)
1. Apical half of mentum acute, triangulate (Figs. 19, 28) ............................................... 2
1'. Apical half of mentum rounded (Figs. 20–23, 25–27) or quadrate (Fig. 24)................ 3
2. Smaller foretarsal claw deeply arcuate (Fig. 33); genitalia as in Fig. 39 ........................ ......................................................................... P. deltamentum Jameson & Wada, n. sp.
2'. Smaller foretarsal claw simply arched; genitalia as in Fig. 49 ........................................ ................................................................................... P. sisyrus Jameson & Wada, n. sp.
3. Apex of labrum bilobed (Figs. 16–17).......................................................................... 4
3'. Apex of labrum broadly emarginate (Figs. 15, 18) to deeply, narrowly emarginate (Fig. 14) ................................................................................................................................. 5
4. Foretibia tridentate, basal tooth well­developed; genitalia as in Fig. 45 ......................... .............................................................................................................. P. nasutus Arrow
4'. Foretibia bidentate, basal tooth poorly developed; genitalia as in Fig. 44 ...................... ......................................................................................................... P. morio Burmeister
5. Labrum with apex deeply, narrowly emarginate (e.g., Fig. 14) .................................... 6
5'. Labrum with apex broadly emarginate (Figs. 15, 18) ................................................... 9
6. Mala of maxilla with setae thick and strongly flattened; occurring in Borneo, Malaysia, and Sumatra; genitalia as in Figs. 38 or 41............................................................. 7
6'. Mala of maxilla with setae not thick and strongly flattened; occurring in South Vietnam; genitalia as in Fig. 42 ........................................................... P. karubei Muramoto
7. Punctures of frons lacking setae; genitalia as in Fig. 38 ..... P. brunnipennis Benderitter
7'. Punctures of frons with short, velutinous setae and moderately long setae; genitalia not as in Fig. 41 ................................................................................................................... 8
8. Fifth foretarsal segment and claw gracile; maxillary stipes with setae curly at apex (e.g., Fig. 30); Sarawak .................................... P. gracilipodus Jameson & Wada, n. sp.
8'. Fifth foretarsal segment and claw greatly thickened, robust; maxillary stipes with setae straight, not curly at apex; Malaysia (Cameron Highlands)............................................ .......................................................................... P. podocrassus Jameson & Wada, n. sp.
9. Labial palpomere 2 greatly enlarged and dorsoventrally flattened, 2–3 times wider than palpomere 1 (Fig. 22) .......................................................................................... 10
9'. Labial palpomere 2 not greatly enlarged and flattened, less than 1.5 times wider than palpomere 1 (Fig. 27) .................................................................................................. 11
10. Maxillary stipes with setae curly at apex (Fig. 30); genitalia as in Fig. 43 ..................... ........................................................................................................ P. malayensis Arrow
10'. Maxillary stipes with setae straight, not curly at apex; genitalia as in Fig. 47 ............... ................................................................................. P. silvanus Jameson & Wada, n. sp.
11. Foretibia tridentate; genitalia as in Fig. 40 ............... P. fujiokai Jameson & Wada, n. sp.
11'. Foretibia bidentate (Fig. 31); genitalia not as in Fig. 40 ............................................. 12
12. Elytra reddish with castaneous vittae (Figs. 12–13); genitalia as in Fig. 50 ................... .............................................................................................................. P. vittatus Arrow
12'. Elytra lacking vittae, entirely castaneous or black; genitalia not as in Fig. 50 ........... 13
13. Pronotal basal bead lacking; length less than 12.0 mm; genitalia as in Fig. 46 .............. ................................................................................... P. rubripennis Miyake & Yamaya
13'. Pronotal basal bead extending to beyond basal angle; length greater than 17.0 mm; genitalia not as in Fig. 46 ............................................................................................ 14
14. Fifth foretarsomere with well­developed apical protrusion anteriomedially (Fig. 36), lacking weak medial protrusion; occurring in region surrounding Mt. Bawang, Kalimantan (Fig. 67) ........................................... P. adelphosimilis Jameson & Wada, n. sp.
14'. Fifth foretarsomere lacking apical protrusion; weak protrusion at middle (Fig. 35); occurring in Sabah (Fig. 67) .................................................................. P. similis Arrow
description: Published as part of Jameson, Mary Liz & Wada, Kaoru, 2004, Revision of the genus Peltonotus Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Southeastern Asia, pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 502 (1) on pages 9-11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.502.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5030148