Neorthopleura (Opitz, 2013)

Chapman, Eric G., Leavengood, John M. & Dupuis, Julian R., 2025, The Cleridae and Thanerocleridae of eastern North America, with illustrated keys, updated distributions, and special emphasis on the Kentucky fauna, Zootaxa 5639 (1), pp. 1-88 : 27

Key to species of Neorthopleura ( Korynetinae ) in eastern North America

1. Pronotum yellow to red (much lighter than elytra) with hind margin infuscate (A, B)—this infuscation continuing anteriorly onto lateral margins to varying lengths towards anterior angles (B)...................... Neorthopleura thoracica (Say)

1’. Pronotum ranging from dark (concolorous with elytra; E) to red, if lighter than elytra, then hind and lateral margins never infuscate (C, D).............................................................. Neorthopleura texana (Bland)