Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 93. (Budapest 2001)

Kirejtshuk, A. G.: Notes on the systematics of the African Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)

5 1 A. G. Kirejtshuk 9 Anterior edge of head truncate; pronotum usually much wider than elytra and with very widely rounded posterior corners. Male: protarsus 1/2-2/3 as wide as protibia. Republic of South Africa 10 - Anterior edge of head more or less distinctly emarginate; pronotum usually not or slightly wider than elytra 11 10 Body larger: 2.2-2.7 mm and more oval, with pronotum about twice as wide as long; dorsum with moderately conspicuous pubescence; head and pronotal punctures slightly larger than eye facets; elytra suboblique at apices, but forming a distinct suturai corner. Male: metasternum with a weak triangular depression in distal half; lateral lobes of tegmen comparatively narrower M. (C.) illustris GROUVELLE, 1899 - Body smaller: 2.0-2.3 mm and more slender, with pronotum markedly less than twice as wide as long; dorsum and particularly elytra with extremely conspicuous pubescence; head and pronotal punctures with diameter considerably more than twice as big as that of eye facets; elytral apices subacuminate and forming a joint curve. Male: metasternum with a narrow longitudinal depression in distal half; lateral lobes of tegmen comparatively narrower M. (C.) vulpinus SPORNRAFT et KIREJTSHUK, 1993 11 Head about as long as distance between eyes or slightly longer, with very large and very dense, almost contiguous punctures, interspaces between them less than 1/3 puncture and with more or less raised microreticulation; explanate pronotal sides as widely translucent as width of scape; interspaces between very dense punctures on pronotum and elytra smooth; appendages reddish to brownish with antennái club darker. Male: protarsus about half as wide as protibia; metasternum with a moderately deep longitudinal depression; aedeagus comparatively long and with penis trunk subangular at apex. 1.7-2.1 mm. Republic of South Africa M. (C.) schulzei sp. n. - Head at least 1 and 1/4 as long as distance between eyes, with moderately large and sparse or moderately dense punctures, separated by not less than 1/2 puncture; explanate pronotal sides not or rather narrowly translucent; combination of other characters different. Male: penis trunk not subacute at apex [only in M. (C.) subillustris head slightly longer than distance between eyes and interspaces between punctures on head of this species and M. (C.) cultus sp. n. about 1/3 puncture diameter, although without clear microreticulation] 12