identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
DB14AE62FF813253FDE4FF35FA5A7C6C.text	DB14AE62FF813253FDE4FF35FA5A7C6C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cerasommatidiidae	<div><p>Key to genera and species of Cerasommatidiidae</p><p>1. Trochanters flaưened, projected to cover tibio-tarsal joint in repose (Figs 4E, 4, 5H, 7K, 9F, 10F, 11F, 18E); vestiture of dorsal body surface uniform (tiny decumbent hairs (offen missing)) (Figs 4B, C, 5C, G, 18C, F) or moderately long suberect setae (Figs 9E, 10C, 11B, D) ........................................................................................................................................................................2</p><p>- Trochanters normal, not flaưened or produced to cover tibio-tarsal joint in repose (Figs 13D, 15D, G, 16D); vestiture of dorsal surface of body composed of minuscule decumbent hairs and sparse long erect setae (Figs 15F, 16B) [Puerto Rico, Venezuela]......................................................................................................................................................................................... Yamuy ...4</p><p>2. Pronotum with lateral and anterior borders simply margined (Figs 4B, 5C, 18C); dorsal surface with tiny decumbent hairs (offen missing) (Figs 4B, C, 5C, G, 18C, F) .............................................................................................................................................3</p><p>- Pronotum with lateral margins bordered with an internal subparallel carinae (Figs 9C, 10C, 11B); anterior margin of pronotum with crenulate bordering line (Figs 9C, 10C, 11B); dorsal surface with moderately long suberect pubescence (offen missing) (Figs 6A–F, 9E, 10C) ................................................................................................................................... Karumbe ....5</p><p>3. Abdominal ventrite 1 with complete semicircular postcoxal lines (Figs 3D, 4G, 5H); prosternal process with long lateral carinae reaching anterior third of prosternum, without median carina (Fig. 5D); Brazil ............................. Cerasommatidia …7</p><p>- Abdominal ventrite 1 without postcoxal lines, only with anterior bordering margin thickened posterior to coxae and widening laterally (Fig. 18G); prosternum with raised, single, median carina, (Fig. 18D); Madagascar ............. Mahavelo madagasus</p><p>4. Pronotum with lateral margins bordered with an internal carina (Figs 12C, D, 16B); anterior margins of metaventrite and abdominal ventrite 1 with small longitudinal carina below each coxa (Fig 16D, F); Puerto Rico ................. Yamuy marginatus</p><p>- Pronotum with lateral margins only narrowly bordered with simple bordering line, with internal carina short, weakly marked, present only basally (Fig. 15C); anterior margins of metaventrite and abdominal ventrite 1 without longitudinal carinae beyond coxae (Figs 13D, 15G, H); Puerto Rico, Venezuela ........................................................................ Yamuy constratus</p><p>5. Body more than 1.40 mm long; metaventrite with setiferous punctures inserted in wide foveate impressions (Fig. 9F); terminal labial palpomere elongate and acuminate, 2.2 times as long as wide (Fig. 9B); Brazil ............................. Karumbe brethesi</p><p>- Body less than 1.00 mm long; metaventrite with simple setiferous punctures (Figs 10E, 11F); terminal labial palpomere short and apically rounded, 1.2–1.4 times as long as wide (Figs 7D, 10A); Venezuela, Grenada ..6</p><p>6. Prosternal process narrower, about 0.67 of width of procoxal diameter (Fig. 11C); pronotum with postero-lateral indentation short and rectangular (Fig. 11B); Venezuela ..................................................................................................... Karumbe pakaluki</p><p>- Prosternal process wider, about 0.90 of width of procoxal diameter (Fig. 10B); pronotum with postero-lateral indentation large and oblique (Fig. 10C); Grenada ............................................................................................................................ Karumbe geiseri</p><p>7. Pronotum 2.0 times as wide as long, with bordering line at anterior margin complete; body size about 1.7 mm ............................................................................................................................................................................... Cerasommatidia rotundata</p><p>- Pronotum at least 2.2 times as wide as long, with bordering line at anterior margin vanishing medially; body size 1.1–1.4 mm ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................8</p><p>8. Body 1.15 mm long; posterior margin of pronotum narrowly bordered at least medially (Fig. 5C); aedeagus as in Fig. 3E ............................................................................................................................................................................. Cerasommatidia plaumanni</p><p>- Body 1.4 mm long; posterior margin of pronotum not bordered (Fig. 4B); aedeagus as in Fig. 3F ...... Cerasommatidia arrowi</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DB14AE62FF813253FDE4FF35FA5A7C6C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Seidel, Maưhias;Ślipiński, Adam;Fikáček, Martin	Seidel, Maưhias, Ślipiński, Adam, Fikáček, Martin (2023): Correction to: The resurrection of Cerasommatidiidae, an enigmatic group of coccinelloid beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 199: 319-320, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad012
