Trypanaeus, Eschscholtz, 1829

Chatzimanolis, Stylianos, Caterino, Michael S. & Engel, Michael S., 2006, The First Fossil Of The Subfamily Trypanaeinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae): A New Species Of Trypanaeus In Dominican Amber, The Coleopterists Bulletin 60 (4), pp. 333-340 : 337

Key

Bickhardt (1916) provided a key for the species of

Trypanaeus .

The original key (in German) can be modified to accommodate T. hispaniolus as follows:

20a. Prosternum in front broad; small species 2.5–4.0 mm in length..... 20II

20II. Pronotal disc impunctate, pygidial disc concave... T. montivagus Lewis

20IIa. Pronotal disc with large and deep punctures, pygidial disc convex.................................................... T. hispaniolus n. sp.