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Pranotum more convex, shining, the granulation
slightly coarser and less close. Male
tergite 6 differently formed 3
2 Size larger, 2.5-3.0 mm; antennae longer,
segment 3 about twice as long as broad;
upper surface extremely dull; pronotum
generally more ample. Penis and spermatheca
Fig. 6..... camplanala Erichson
Size smaller, 2.0-2.5 mm; antennae shorter,
segment 3 less than twice as long as broad;
upper surface dull, although not quite as
much as in the preceding species; pronotum
generally less ample. Penis and
spermatheca Fig. 7..... depressa Maklin
3 Size larger, 2.0-3.0 mm; basal segments of
antennae usually pale. Male: penis very
large, with a pair of strongly scleratised
internal ducts; ventral spine long and
slender, Fig. 8. Female: spermatheca with
a rather long and dorsally-orientated tail,
Figs. 8-9 4
Size smaller, 1.5-2.0 mm; basal segments
of antennae usually darker. Male: penis
smaller, without any conspicuously scleratised
internal ducts; ventral spine shorter.
broader and more angled, Figs. 10-11.
Female: spermatheca smaller, the tail
shorter and orientated ventrally, Figs. lO-
II 5
4 Pronotum and elytra usually proportionately
more ample. Male tergite 6 Fig. 2;
penis ,md spermatheca Fig. 8,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tachyporoides (Wait!.)
Pronotum and elytra usually narrower.
Male tergite 6 Fig. 3; spcrmatheca Fig.9,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. incompleta Sjbberg
Received 22 May 1968
C. JOHNSON
5 Elytra usually darker. Male tergite 6 Fig.
4; penis and spermatheca Fig. 10.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . atrata Sahlberg
Elytra usually lighter. Male tergite 6 Fig.
5; penis and spermatheca Fig. 11.
................ " pumilio (Gravenhorst)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
For the loan of material, the writer is indebted
to the following colleagues: Dr. A. Strand.
Oslo; Dr. S. Stockmann, Helsingfors; Dr. G. A.
Lohse, Hamburg; and Mr. S.A. WiIliams, Dartford.
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