Acrotona Thomson
- Dataset
- A taxonomic review of Korean Acrotona Thomson with a description of new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Staphylinidae
- genus
- Acrotona
Acrotona Thomson
Key to Korean species of the genus Acrotona Thomson
1. Body color relatively darker (Habitus, figs. 1A, D–G); antennomeres compactly close together (Fig. 6A)............... 2
- Body color relatively paler (Habitus, figs. 1B–C); antennomeres moderately or loosely close together (Fig. 5A).......... 6
2. Body length about 2.0 mm (Habitus, fig. 1E).......................................... Acrotona (Acrotona) setaria
- Body length more than 2.0 mm.......................................................................... 3
3. Antennomere 5 subquadrate, slightly transverse (Figs. 6A, 7A)................................................ 4
- Antennomere 5 quadrate, about as long as wide............................................................ 5
4. Macrochaetal arrangement of abdominal tergites II–III 01-03; male sternite VIII with seven macrosetae, posterior margin slightly round, without macrosetae (Fig. 6C)................................................ A. (A.) pseudotenera
- Macrochaetal arrangement of abdominal tergites II–III 01-12; male sternite VIII with more than ten macrosetae, posterior margin truncate, with five macrosetae (Fig. 7C)..................................................... A. (A.) vicaria
5. Body color darker; length less than 2.5 mm (Habitus, fig. 1A); eyes relatively small, about as long as temples..................................................................................................... A. (A.) aterrima
- Body color paler; length more than 2.5 mm (Habitus, fig. 1F); eyes relatively large, slightly longer than temples; elytra paler............................................................................... A. (A.) suspiciosa suspiciosa
6. Body less glossy and convex (Habitus, fig. 1B); labrum with nine macrosetae on each side of mildline (Fig. 2A); abdominal tergite III without anterior macroseta................................................... A. (A.) koreana sp. nov.
- Body distinctly glossy and convex (Habitus, fig. 1C); labrum with eight macrosetae on each side of mildline; abdominal tergite III with anterior macroseta.................................................................. A. (A.) lutulenta