TABLE 1 in Lethrus (Heteroplistodus) kucerai (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Lethrinae), a new species from China

<p><b>TABLE 1.</b> Character matrix for the differential diagnosis of males of the <i>Lethrus</i> (<i>Heteroplistodus</i>) <i>potanini</i> species group.</p><table><tbody><tr><th></th><th><i>L.</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>potanini</i> Jakovlev, 1889</th><th><i>L.</i> (<i>H</i>.) <i>kucerai</i> Hillert, Kr&aacute;l &amp; Bagaturov, <b>new species</b></th></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><th>shape of genae margin</th><td>outer edge irregularly serrated (Fig. 14)</td><td>outer edge irregular (Fig. 13)</td></tr><tr><th>surface of head</th><td>less roughly wrinkled and punctate, shallowly sculptured (Fig. 10)</td><td>roughly wrinkled and punctate, distinctly sculptured (Fig. 9)</td></tr><tr><th>surface of pronotum</th><td>less roughly wrinkled and punctate, shallowly sculptured (Fig. 18)</td><td>roughly wrinkled and punctate, distinctly sculptured (Fig. 17)</td></tr><tr><th>surface of elytra</th><td>weakly sulcate and sparsely wrinkled, striae deeper (Fig. 16)</td><td>coarsely sulcate and wrinkled, striae shallower (Fig. 15)</td></tr><tr><th>lateral pronotal margin</th><td>weakly broadened, weakly flattened (Fig. 18)</td><td>significantly broadened and flattened (Fig. 17)</td></tr><tr><th>lateral elytral margin</th><td>weakly broadened and flattened in frontal quarter, margin over length to apex distinctly shallow (Fig. 16)</td><td>significantly broadened and flattened at frontal quarter, margin weak but noticeable over length to apex (Fig. 15)</td></tr><tr><th>apical spur of protibia</th><td>apex pointed (Fig. 24)</td><td>apex bifurcate (Fig. 23)</td></tr><tr><th>shape of elytron</th><td>not elongate, shorter, distinctly convex (Fig. 16)</td><td>elongate from base to apex, weakly convex (Fig. 15)</td></tr><tr><th>aedeagus</th><td>as in Figs. 20, 22</td><td>as in Figs. 19, 21</td></tr></tbody></table>