A new key to the species of the genus Cradytes Casey (Insecta: Coleoptera: Melyridae)

Authors

Jonathan R. Mawdsley, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Date of this Version

September 2001

Comments

Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/. Copyright © by Mawdsley.

Abstract

A new key is presented to separate adults of the four currently-recognized species of the genus Cradytes Casey (Insecta: Coleoptera: Melyridae): C. longicollis Casey, C. serricollis (LeConte), C. serrulatus (LeConte), and C. ursinus Blaisdell. The inaccurate statements in an earlier key to species of Cradytes are discussed.