Carcinops (Carcinops) troglodytes (Paykull)

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 : 66

Carcinops (Carcinops) troglodytes (Paykull) Figures 35

Diagnosis.

Small size (length: 2.1-2.3 mm, width: 1.4-1.6 mm). Body oval, elongated, parallel, black, shiny, with reddish legs. Pronotum with finer and sparse punctation, longer on lateral area, with a large puncture on medial part close to posterior margin. Pronotal hypomeron glabrous in dorsal view. Elytron with finer and sparse punctation in intervals; dorsal elytral striae 1-5 complete, well demarcated with punctures, sutural stria present, reduced on basal part. Pygidium without grooves. Protibiae with teeth expanded and 2 short, separated denticles and a long apical spur; proximal half of outer margin serrate, with small spurs.

Distribution.

Cosmopolitan ( Mazur 2011). New record for Argentina.