Posted by Paul Beuk on 16-02-2010 10:30
#3
I don't trust Collin's illustrations of the genitalia. The way the genitalia look in lateral and posterior aspects is too dependent on how the specimen dried. The only one that can be separated reliably on the basis of these illustrations is
R. sulcata. I must admit I have never seen
sulcatina but from what I understood the acrostichals provide a reliable character for identification without dissection (two rows in
sulcatina, 3-4 in others), the aedeagus is also characteristic if you pry it from between the genital lamellae. I have a few additional characters to separate
cinerascens from
sulcatella, but these notes are at the office. Moreover, I don't think
cinerascens and
subcinerascens are different species.