TABLE 1 in The pest sap beetle Carpophilus Myothorax truncatus Murray, 1864 (Coleoptera Nitidulidae) - a new synonymy and a related new species of Carpophilus

TABLE 1. Differential diagnostic characters between similar species in the dimidiatus group
SpeciesSize MmShape of mandiblesPitting on prosternumPitting on hypomeronMale metatibia constricted at baseProportional length of 3 rd antennomere segment compared with 2 nd antennomereShape of male paramere at apex (lateral view)Carpophilus truncatus (syntypes)2.8–3.2symmetricaldistinctweakYES1.1xtruncateCarpophilus jarijari (types)3.0–3.4symmetricaldistinctweakYES1.1xtruncateCarpophilus imitatus sp. nov.2.0–2.4symmetricaldistinctweakYES1x or lessoblique/ roundedCarpophilus dimidiatus1.6–1.8 (Leschen & Marris 2005)symmetricaldistinctdistinctNO1.3xtapering, rounded at apexCarpophilus mutilatus1.5–1.8 (Leschen & Marris 2005)asymmetricalmoderateweakNO1xtapering/ rounded at apex