Aglyptus tumerus, Seago & Wheeler, 2004: 237

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 : 86

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4741.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2F901615-D948-4C68-81E9-75282F594BAF
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3797227
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4E4F5B3F-FFAE-870D-FF75-CFADFB6EF378
treatment provided by	Plazi (2020-04-28 07:42:27, last updated by Guilherme 2025-02-03 18:44:38)
scientific name	Aglyptus tumerus
status

Treatment

A. tumerus Seago & Wheeler, 2004: 237 .

Holotype male in AMNH.

Type locality: 19 km NW Boquete, Chiriquí Province, Panama.

Distribution: Costa Rica: Puntarenas Province; Panama: Chiriquí Province.

Biology: Found by sifting and on myxomycete plasmodium under bark of log. Notable for unusual asymetrical expansion of stem antennomeres and iridescense of elytra of males ( Seago & Wheeler, 2004).

Seago, A. E. & Wheeler, Q. D. (2004) Two new species of Aglyptinus Cockerell with unusual sexually dimorphic antennae and diffraction gratings (Coleoptera: Leiodidae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 58, 235 - 244. https: // doi. org / 10.1649 / 613

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Leiodidae
SubFamily	Coloninae
Tribe	Scotocryptini
Genus	Aglyptus

Aglyptus tumerus

Peck, Stewart B., Gnaspini, Pedro & Newton, Alfred F. 2020

2020

A. tumerus

Seago, A. E. & Wheeler, Q. D. 2004: 237

2004

Specimens