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 Klytra yellowish-red or brownish-red 5. 



5. Head and pronotum black, black-haired. L. 12-15 mm 



3. St. stercoriarius Oliv. 



Head and pronotum ore- or bronze-colored, brownish-yellow hair- 

 covering 6. 



6. Legs yellowish-red. L. 10-18 mm 4. St. latebricola iravh. 



Legs rust-red with black femora and dark-brown tarsi. 1. 12-17 



DMi 5 St. chalcocephalus F. 



7. Head transverse with rounded off corners. Abdominal joints at 



sides with golden hair-spots: 3. Subgenus Staphyllnus s.str. 



7a. 



Head rounded, as long as broad. The abdomen at middle-line 



with golden hair-spots: 4. Subgenus Abemus Key.- Elytra 



brownish-red, posteriorly yellowish-red. L. 17-20 mm .... 



7a. St. fosse r Scop. 



7a. Scutellum black-haired. L. 17-22 mm.... 6, St. caesareus Sederh. 

 Scutellum with yellow glistening hair. L. 14-18 nm 



7. St. erythropterus Linn. 



8. The mandibles, or at least one of them, on the inner margin 



with several robust teeth. The distal Joint of labial pal- 

 pi cylindric or tapering S. 



!.!andibles on inner margin with a single, broad tooth or with- 

 out teeth. The distal Joint of labial palpi, in the ^ 

 also that of maxillary palpi feebly axs-fonned 15. 



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