Euspilotus (Hesperosaprinus) parenthesis (Schmidt)

Aballay, Fernando H., Arriagada, Gerardo, Flores, Gustavo E. & Nestor D. Centeno,, 2013, An illustrated key to and diagnoses of the species of Histeridae (Coleoptera) associated with decaying carcasses in Argentina, ZooKeys 261, pp. 61-84 : 72-73

Euspilotus (Hesperosaprinus) parenthesis (Schmidt) Figure 20

Diagnosis.

Smallto medium size (length: 1.7-2.2 mm, width: 1.3-1.8 mm). Body black reddish. Pronotum with fine and sparse punctation over the whole surface area, larger on lateral area. Pronotal hypomeron glabrous in dorsal view. Elytron with coarse and dense punctation on distal half, with finer and sparse punctation in the intervals on proximal half; elytral striae 1-2 almost complete, 3-4 reduced but surpassing the middle of elytron on posterior half; lacking inner subhumeral stria. Pygidium with coarse and dense punctation with or without a short subapical groove, if present it is parenthesis-shaped and concave anterad, not reaching lateral margin of pygidium. Protibiae with outer margin expanded and 7-8 short, reddish denticles.

Distribution.

Brazil ( Mazur 2011) and Argentina ( Aballay et al. 2008, 2012).