Falkocholeva Hatch

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 : 30-31

Genus Falkocholeva Hatch

Falkocholeva Hatch, 1928: 208 ; Jeannel, 1936: 156 (redescription). Type species: Choleva falklandica Waterhouse (= Choleva cribellata Fairmaire & Germain ) (orig. des.).

= Falkocholeva Jeannel, 1936: 156 (as “new genus” ( Falkocholeva Hatch [1928] considered nomen nudum)). Type species: Choleva falklandica Waterhouse (= Choleva cribellata Fairmaire & Germain ) (orig. des.).

Distribution: Southern Chile, southwestern Argentina, and Falkland Islands.

Biology: Carrion scavenger in forests.

F. cribellata ( Fairmaire & Germain, 1859: 353) (Choleva) ; Jeannel, 1936: 158 comb. (not stated as taxonomic change), 1962: 519; Szymczakowski, 1965: 246; Gnaspini, 1999: 378; Salgado, 2005b: 214, 2006: 102, 2017a: 82. No information about types in original description;? Syntype (s) (sex and number of specimens, and depository, not given in Jeannel, 1936, who states he did not examine the species) in MNNC [in Jeannel, 1962]. Type locality: Concepción, [Concepción Province], Chile. Distribution: Argentina: Río Negro (also f. edwardsi ), Santa Cruz (also obscurus ), and Tierra del Fuego Provinces; Chile: Aisén, Cautín, Chiloé, Coihaique, Concepción, Llanquihue (also f. edwardsi ), Magallanes (also f. edwardsi ), Malleco, Ñuble, Osorno, Palena, Quillota, Talca, Tierra del Fuego (also falklandica ), and Valdivia Provinces; Falkland Islands ( falklandica ).

= Choleva falklandica Waterhouse, 1879: 531 ; Jeannel, 1962: 519 syn. No information about types in original description; Syntypes (several specimens, in Jeannel, 1962) in BMNH [in Jeannel, 1936]. Type locality: Falkland Islands.

= F. falklandica ; Hatch, 1928: 208 comb.; Jeannel, 1936: 158.

= Dasypelates obscurus Pic, 1928: 2 ; Newton, 1998: 167 comb. (to Chiliopelates ); Gnaspini, 1999: 378 syn. Syntypes (sex and number of specimens not given, in Bruch and Pic collections, in original description) in MNHN and MACN [in Gnaspini, 1999]. Type locality: “ Argentina ” [Valle Tunel, Gob. Santa Cruz, as in 3 female specimens labeled “types” from MACN examined by Gnaspini, 1999].

= F. falklandica edwardsi Jeannel, 1936: 158, 1957: 54 , 1962: 519; Szymczakowski, 1965: 246 syn. (not stated as taxonomic change; given as “ F. cribellata edwardsi Jeannel, 1936 ”, based on the synonymy of F. falklandica with F. cribellata by Jeannel, 1962).? Syntypes (3 specimens, sex not given in original description) in BMNH or MNHN (although Jeannel used to designate a holotype, the original description does not do that and cites both collections as depository for the specimens seen; Szymczakowski, 1965 does not cite types). Type locality: Bariloche, Río Negro Province, Argentina.