Agrypnus Eschscholtz

Key to Species

1. Pronotum moderately to finely punctured; elytral intervals finely punctate. . . . . . . . . . .2

    Pronotum coarsely and closely punctured; elytral intervals granulate . . . . . . . . . . . .truqui

 

2. Dorsal pubescence of long, hair-like setae; pronotal side-margin strongly sinuate anterad of

    hind angle; hind angle apex broadly rounded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

    Dorsal pubescence of short, scale-like setae; pronotal side-margin shallowly sinuate

    anterad of hind angle; hind angle apex obliquely truncate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . scarrosus

3. Pronotum with discal punctures shallow and separated by more than 0.5X own diameter. .

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . aristatus

    Pronotum with discal punctures moderately deep, approximate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .paleatus

 

Agrypnus aristatus (Champion)                  

Mexico; Guatemala; Costa Rica; Panama

 

 

Agrypnus paleatus (Champion)               

Panama; Costa Rica

 

 

Agrypnus scarrosus (Candeze)               

Mexico; Belize; Guatemala; Nicaragua; Costa Rica

 

 

Agrypnus truqui (Candeze)             

Mexico; Nicaragua; Costa Rica