Parabystus Portevin Scotocryptus inquilinus, (Matthews, 1887: 81)

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 : 87

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scientific name	Parabystus Portevin Scotocryptus inquilinus
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Genus Parabystus Portevin View in CoL

Parabystus Portevin, 1907: 80 View in CoL . Type species: Scotocryptus inquilinus Matthews View in CoL (monotypy).

Distribution: Central America.

Biology: Eyeless and flightless, in meliponine bee nests.

Note: Review, illustrations, biology, hosts, and redescription in Peck, 2003a: 69.

P. inquilinus ( Matthews, 1887: 81) View in CoL

(Scotocryptus); Portevin, 1907: 80 comb; Silvestri, 1910: 66 [as “ Scotocryptus (Parabystus) ”]; Hatch, 1936: 41; Peck, 2003a: 69 (lectotype designation, redescription).

Lectotype male (the male illustrated; designated in Peck, 2003a; original description refers to two specimens, sex and depository not given) in BMNH.

Type locality: Cerro Zunil, [Quetzaltenango Department], Guatemala.

Distribution: Costa Rica: Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Limón, and San José Provinces; Guatemala: Quetzaltenango Department; Mexico: Veracruz State; Panama: Canal Zone and Colón Province.

References

Hatch, M. H. (1936) Studies on Leiodidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 44, 33 - 41.

Matthews, A. (1887 - 88) Fam. Silphidae. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insects. Coleoptera. Vol. 2 (1). Taylor & Francis, London, pp. 72 - 101, pl. 3.

Peck, S. B. (2003 a) The eyeless inquiline genera Parabystus and Scotocryptus of Costa Rica and Panama: inhabitants of nests of stingless bees (Coleoptera: Leiodidae). Sociobiology, 42, 65 - 80.

Portevin, G. (1907) Clavicornes nouveaux du groupe des necrophages. Iie Memoire. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 76, 67 - 82.

Silvestri, F. (1910) Della Trigona cupira Smith e di due ospiti del suo nido nel Messico. Bolletino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Portici, 5, 65 - 71.