Deltochilum (Deltochilum) tumidum Howden, 1966

Génier, François, 2012, A new species and notes on the subgenus Deltochilum (Deltochilum) Eschscholtz, 1822 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini), Zootaxa 3357, pp. 25-36 : 34

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Deltochilum (Deltochilum) tumidum Howden, 1966 View in CoL

(Figs. 11–12)

Howden 1966: 738 original description (combination: Deltochilum (Deltochilum) tumidum ) Deloya & Morón 1994: 28 distribution, ecology (combination: Deltochilum tumidum ) Deloya et al. 1995: 11 faunistic (combination: Deltochilum tumidum )

Deloya 1996: 43 faunistic (combination: Deltochilum tumidum )

Deloya 2003: 266 faunistic (combination: Deltochilum tumidum )

Type locality. Mexico, Sinalao, 5 miles north Mazatlán, 27.vii.1964, at black light, Chemsak, Howden & Powell, ( CNC No. 9146).

Distribution. Mexico.

Material examined (7 males, 1 female). MEXICO: ESTADO DE MÉXICO, Tejupilco de Hidalgo [to] Temascaltepec de González, (18°58'N, 100°4'W), vi.1933, coll. H.E. Hinton & R.L. Usinger - 2 males (including 2 paratypes) ( CMNC, CNC); SINALOA, 26 mi. NE Villa Unión, elev. 305 m (23°29'N, 106°10'W), 17.viii.1963, coll. E. Sleeper, W. Agnew, G. Noonan & P. Sullivan - 1 female (paratype) ( CNC); 5 mi. N Mazatlán, (23°21'N, 106°25'W), 27.vii.1964, coll. H.F. Howden, Chemsak & Powell - 1 male (holotype) ( CNC); Rio Piaxtla, 29.vi.1962, coll. [anonymous] - 1 male (paratype) ( CNC); Villa Unión, elev. 700 m (23°12'N, 106°14'W), vii.1968, coll. A. Martínez - 3 males ( CMNC).

Remarks. Separated from other species by the shape of the parameres (Figs. 11–12) and the strongly reduced and blunt 7th interstrial carina.

References

Deloya, C. & Moron, M. A. (1994) Listados faunisticos de Mexico. V. Coleopteros Lamelicornios del distrito de Jojutla, Morelos, Mexico (Melolonthidae, Scarabaeidae, Trogidae y Passalidae). Listados Faunisticos de Mexico, 5, 1 - 53.

Deloya, C., Moron, M. A. & Lobo, J. M. (1995) Coleoptera Lamellicornia (MacLeay, 1819) del sur del Estado de Morelos, Mexico. Acta Zoologica Mexicana (n. s.), 65, 1 - 42.

Deloya, C. (1996) Los macro-Coleopteros necrofilos de Tepoztlan, Morelos, Mexico (Scarabaeidae, Trogodae, Silphidae). Folia Entomologica Mexicana, 97, 39 - 54.

Deloya, C. (2003) Coleoptera Scarabaeidae y Trogidae necrophilos de Valle de Vasquez ( Los Hornos ), Morelos, Mexico. Folia Entomologica Mexicana, 42, 265 - 272.

Howden, H. F. (1966) Notes on Canthonini of the Biologia Centrali-Americana and descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 98, 725 - 741.