Asydates rufiventris, Casey, 1895

Mayor, Adriean J. & Gimmel, Matthew L., 2019, Revision of the Soft-Winged Flower Beetles of the Genus Asydates Casey, 1895 (Coleoptera: Melyridae: Dasytinae: Listrini), The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 17) 73, pp. 1-71 : 7

7(6 ʹ). Median lobe of aedeagus distinctly, triangularly narrowed apically, flared at extreme apex, with an obvious, shallow, U-shaped emargination ( Fig. 25B ); female ventrite 5 sparsely, evenly covered with white setae ( Fig. 20A ) ................ ..................... 3. A. rufiventris Casey

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Fig. 25. Asydates species, median lobe of aedeagus, right lateral and ventral views, respectively. A–B) A. rufiventris, CA: Los Angeles Co.: Mount Baldy Road, C–D) A. chumash, CA: Kern Co.: Mount Pinos, E–F) A. tongva, CA: San Bernardino Co.: Middle Fork Lytle Creek. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 20. Asydates “flat-tip” species, female ventrite 5 showing variably developed glabrous area. A) A. rufiventris, B) A. chumash, C) Asydates tongva.