Agathidium kimberlae Subgroup

MILLER, KELLY B. & WHEELER, QUENTIN D., 2005, Slime-Mold Beetles Of The Genus Agathidium Panzer In North And Central America, Part Ii. Coleoptera: Leiodidae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2005 (291), pp. 1-167 : 85-87

Agathidium kimberlae Subgroup

DISCUSSION: This group of two species is united by the median lobe of aedeagus apically bifid (figs. 174, 178) and with the operculum strongly toothed (figs. 173, 177). In addition, the eyes are strongly reduced (figs. 106, 107), and the two share a similar habitus since they are moderately elongate with a large, protruding pronotum and strong contractility. The male metafemora are very broad (figs. 119, 120). The two species occur sympatrically in a portion of the southern

358, A. kimberlae .

Appalachians where they are commonly collected from forest litter.