Scotocryptus meliponiops, Davis & Gonzalez, 2008: 162

Peck, Stewart B., Gnaspini, Pedro & Newton, Alfred F., 2020, Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (“ Latin America ”: Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America), Zootaxa 4741 (1), pp. 1-114 : 88

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4741.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2F901615-D948-4C68-81E9-75282F594BAF
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3797265
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4E4F5B3F-FFAC-870F-FF75-C802FB33F5B8
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Scotocryptus meliponiops
status

Treatment

S. meliponiops Davis & Gonzalez, 2008: 162 View in CoL .

Holotype male in UNCB.

Type locality: Cunday, 4°00’33.5” N 74°44’21.5” W, 470 m, Tolima Department, Colombia.

Distribution: Colombia: Tolima Department: known only from type locality.

Biology: Davis & Gonzalez, 2008 (in nests of Melipona fuscipes Friese ).

Note: This species was not originally assigned to subgenus, but we understand that the authors intended to assign it to the subgenus Scotocryptus , and it fits the diagnostic characters of this subgenus.