Table 3 in Integrative taxonomy of coastal Cafius bistriatus (Erichson) species complex (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)

Table 3. Comparison of morphological characters among Cafius bistriatus, C. rufifrons, and C. sulcicollis. See Fig. 2 for sculpture patterns of head and pronotum.
C. bistriatusC. rufifronsC. sulcicollisHead colorblack or almost blackreddish brownblackHead sculpture on median regionreticulate, meshes with flat cellsslightly reticulate, broken meshesheavily reticulate, meshes with convex cellsMedian impunctate region on headmoderate in sizebroadernarrowerPronotum sculpture on median regionslightly reticulateglossydull and reticulateMedian lobe on dorsal aspectbroadernarrowerbroaderParamereshorter, stout narrower than median lobeintermediate, stout, as wide as median lobelonger, slender, much narrower than median lobeDistributionboth Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North Americasouthern Florida-USA, CubaCalifornia-USA