Parabystus Portevin

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

Genus Parabystus Portevin

Parabystus Portevin, 1907: 80 . Type species: Scotocryptus inquilinus Matthews (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) ( 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.