Eriopeltastes Burmeister & Schaum 1840
Creators: name: Ricchiardi, Enrico
name: Perissinotto, Renzo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cetoniidae
Eriopeltastes

description: Eriopeltastes updated species list
Eriopeltastes (Parapeltastes) clarki Ricchiardi, 2004: ECA
Eriopeltastes (Eriopeltastes) clennelli Ricchiardi 1999: ECA
Eriopeltastes (Eriopeltastes) evansi Ricchiardi, 1997: MPU
Eriopeltastes (Eriopeltastes) leucoprymnus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840: FRS, KZN, MPU
Eriopeltastes (Eriopeltastes) lineatus Ricchiardi, 1997: KZN
Eriopeltastes (Eriopeltastes) maculatus Ricchiardi, 1999: KZN
Eriopeltastes (Eriopeltastes) modestus (Péringuey, 1907): MPU
Eriopeltastes (Eriopeltastes) montanus Ricchiardi, 1997: KZN
Eriopeltastes (Eriopeltastes) natalensis (Péringuey, 1907): KZN
Eriopeltastes (Eriopeltastes) ntinini Ricchiardi, new species: KZN
Eriopeltastes (Eriopeltastes) perissinottoi Ricchiardi, 1999: ECA
Updated key to the males of Eriopeltastes
1. Clypeus oval, elongate; elytron red (subgenus Parapeltastes) .............................................E. clarki Ricchiardi, 2004
- Clypeus oval, enlarged; elytron testaceous (subgenus Eriopeltastes) ......................................................................... 2
2. Antennal clubs straight ................................................................................................................................................. 3
- Antennal clubs curved, at least at apex......................................................................................................................... 7
3. Antennal clubs not longer than 1.5 times the clypeal length ...................................... E. perissinottoi Ricchiardi, 1999
- Antennal club between 1.8–2.3 times longer than clypeal length ............................................................................... 4
- Antennal club at least 2.5 times longer than clypeal length .........................................E. natalensis (Péringuey, 1907)
4. Front margin of clypeus straight ...........................................................................................E. evansi Ricchiardi, 1997
- Front margin of clypeus curved .................................................................................................................................... 5
5. Front margin of clypeus slightly notched at center. .................................................. E. ntinini Ricchiardi, new species
- Front margin of clypeus regularly curved..................................................................................................................... 6
6. Clypeal surface covered by small, scattered punctures .................................................. E. montanus Ricchiardi, 1997
- Clypeal surface covered by large, thick punctures ............................... E. leucoprymnus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840
7. Antennal club c-shaped ...................................................................................................... E. lineatus Ricchiardi, 1997
- Antennal club curved at apex........................................................................................................................................ 8
8. Antennal club from 1.8–2.3 times longer than clypeal length ...................................... E. maculatus Ricchiardi, 1999
- Antennal club at least 2.5 times longer than clypeal length ............................................. E. clennelli Ricchiardi, 1999
description: Published as part of Ricchiardi, Enrico & Perissinotto, Renzo, 2013, Description and ecology of a new species of Eriopeltastes Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini), from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, pp. 379-384 in Zootaxa 3630 (2) on page 380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3630.2.12, http://zenodo.org/record/223610