| 1. Mesotibia with external tooth. Elytra not uniformly scaled, instead with pattern consisting
of irregular patches of uniformly testaceous scales contrasting with glabrous
patches ............................................. Hilophyllus penai (Martínez) 1'. Mesotibia without external tooth. Elytra uniformly scaled, pattern composed of patches of dark and light colored scales, glabrous patches lacking .................... 2 |
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| 2. Anterior pronotal angles not produced, instead subcontiguous with anterior margin of
pronotum (Fig. 23). Male genitalia (Fig. 20) with a strong hook at apex of each
paramere; median lobe strongly, laterally compressed ......................................................... Hilophyllus argentinensis (Martínez) 2'. Anterior pronotal angles produced, not contiguous with anterior margin of pronotum (Fig. 24). Male genitalia (Fig. 21) with 2 small teeth at apex of each paramere and with median lobe subcylindrical, not strongly flattened ................................................. Hilophyllus martinezi Paulsen & Mondaca
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Authors: M. J. Paulsen (University of Nebraska State Museum) |