Lionothus Brown

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 : 77-78

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Genus Lionothus Brown View in CoL

Lionothus Brown, 1937: 170 View in CoL .

Type species: Lionothus ulkei Brown View in CoL (orig. des.).

= Pseudocyrtusa Portevin, 1942: 78 View in CoL ; Newton, 1983: 175 syn. Type species: Pseudocyrtusa australis Portevin View in CoL (monotypy).

Note: Revised in Daffner, 1983, 1989.

Distribution: 6 species—Nearctic, Neotropical.

Biology: Unknown; probably fungus feeder in litter in forests.

References

Brown, W. J. (1937) Descriptions of some genera and species of Leiodidae (Coleoptera). Canadian Entomologist, 69, 158 - 165 + 170 - 174. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 69170 - 8

Daffner, H. (1983) Revision der palaarktischen Arten der Tribus Leiodini Leach (Coleoptera, Leiodidae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 44, 9 - 163.

Daffner, H. (1989 (1988 )) Revision der Nordamerikanischen Arten der Cyrtusa - Verwandtschaft (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Leiodinae). Annali dei Musei Civici, Rovereto, 4, 269 - 305.

Newton, A. F. Jr. (1983) New generic synonymies, new combinations, and distributional comments on Leiodini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 37, 173 - 176.

Portevin, G. (1942) Description de Liodides nouveaux. Revue Francaise d'Entomologie, 9, 76 - 78.