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

Authors

Jonathan R. Mawdsley, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Document Type

Article

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.