Verodes interruptus (Champion)

Foley, Ian A. & Ivie, Michael A., 2008, A phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Zopherini with a review of the species and generic classification (Coleoptera: Zopheridae), Zootaxa 1928 (1), pp. 1-72 : 59-60

Verodes interruptus (Champion)

Fig. 61

Nosoderma interruptum Champion, 1884: 47 . Gebien, 1936: 669. García-París et al., 2006: 230.

Nosoderma interupta Blackwelder, 1945: 514 [lapsus calami].

Nosoderma insigne Champion, 1884: 48 , pl. 2, fig, 13. Gebien, 1936: 669. García-París et al., 2006: 230. NEW SYNON- YMY.

Nosoderma insignis ; Blackwelder, 1945: 514.

Verodes interruptus ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 70.

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from all other members of the genus by its unique elytral sculpture which consists of arcuate ridges that are hooked or recurved at the apex.

Distribution: Mexico: Oaxaca at elevations between 2,000 –3,200 meters.

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 18 specimens examined is MEXICO: OAXACA .

Types: Nosoderma interruptum : LECTOTYPE: ♀, missing left antenna, tarsus on card in BMNH. Orange

ringed circle Type/ Las Vigas, Mexico; Hoege./ Nosoderma interruptum Champ. / B.C.A.Col.IV.1.; Nosoderma interruptum / red square Lectotypus; Nosoderma ; interruptum Champion ; García-París des 2000. PARALECTOTYPE: ♂, intact in BMNH. Same data as LECTOTYPE without circle type label.

Nosoderma insigne : LECTOTYPE ♀, intact in BMNH. Orange ringed circle Type/Capulalpam/1657 on light blue square/ Mexico; Salle Coll./ Nosoderma insigne Champ. MS /B.C.A.Col.IV.1.; Nosoderma insigne / red square Lectotypus; Nosoderma ; insigne Champion ; García-Paris des 2000. PARALECTOTYPE: ♀, last 4 antennomeres glued on, palps broken, in BMNH. Same data as LECTOTYPE, without type label/1656/pink F on white square/ M. García-París el al det. 2002.

Notes: The two Champion species described in the same publication ( Champion 1884), and synonymized here, only vary slightly in the strength or orientation of the ridges, and do not warrant individual specific status.

Figures

FIGURES 61–64. Dorsal habiti. 61. Verodes interruptus, Mexico, Oaxaca; 62. V. sparsus, Guatemala; 63. V. zunilensis, Mexico, Chiapas; 64. V. guatemalensis, Mexico, Chiapas. Scale bars = 5mm.