Key to Parapelonides (modified from Opitz 2014)

 

1. Elytra black. ....................................................................................................................................................... bellamyi.

 

-  Elytra not black. ............................................................................................................................................................. 2.

 

 

2. Elytra with black spot. ................................................................................................................................................. 3.

 

-  Elytra without black spot. ........................................................................................................................................... 4.

 

 

3. Elytral middle with oblique black spot. ....................................................................................................... beckeri.

 

-  Elytral middle with ruddy band. ..................................................................................................... chamelae Barr.

 

 

4. Elytra entirely rufotestaceous. ...................................................................................................................... penrosei.

 

-  Elytra with faint brownish line down the middle that fades apically. ......................................... nigrescens.

 

 

Literature Cited

 

Opitz, W. (2014). Revision of the New World Genus Parapelonides Barr (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Enopliinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 68(1), 73-81.