Adelopsis 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 : 41-42

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Genus Adelopsis Portevin View in CoL

Adelopsis Portevin, 1907: 71 View in CoL ; Jeannel, 1936: 59 (redescription) (sensu Gnaspini, 1996: 533 and Gnaspini & Peck, 1996: 407, redescription). Type species: Catops ruficollis Portevin View in CoL , = senior synonym of Adelopsis heterocera Portevin View in CoL (originally established as type species, by monotypy) ( Gnaspini & Peck (2019: 6 View Cited Treatment , 23).

= Iutururuca Gnaspini, 1993a: 79 (as subgenus of Adelopsis View in CoL ); Gnaspini & Peck, 2019: 6 syn. Type species: Adelopsis leo Gnaspini View in CoL (orig. des.). See Note 3.

= Excelsiorella Salgado, 2008b: 210 View in CoL (as genus); Gnaspini et al., 2016: 274 syn. Type species: Excelsiorella latissima Salgado View in CoL (orig. des.).

Note 1: Jeannel, 1922: 42 (and footnote 2) synonymizes “ Adelopsis Portevin [1907] View in CoL (type species: A. heterocera Port. View in CoL )” under “ Ptomaphagus Illiger [1798] View in CoL ” (and includes “ Ptomaphagus ruficollis ” Portevin [1903] ), which is followed by Hatch, 1928: 164, 168. However, Jeannel, 1936: 66 – 67 does not mention his synonymy and he seems to treat both species as if he considered them in Adelopsis View in CoL in 1922.

Note 2: Revision started in Gnaspini (1996, who corrected spelling of some species names to feminine gender) and Gnaspini & Peck (1996, 2001), but not concluded.

Note 3: Only three species were initially assigned to the subgenus Iutururuca ; others were deferred to await holotype examination; however, since the genus was under revision and some grouping changes may be done, Gnaspini (1996) preferred not to place the species into subgenera. A formal synonymy was proposed in Gnaspini & Peck (2019: 6).

Note 4: Gnaspini & Peck (1996, 2001) proposed a system of species groups for this very speciose genus, afterwards redefined and increased by Salgado (2010c: 212) and Gnaspini & Peck (2019: 6).

Distribution: Neotropical. Note: Many (tens) undescribed species (e.g., Gnaspini & Peck, 1996: 406); one undetermined (?undescribed) species from Tobago Island (of Trinidad and Tobago) (Peck et al., 2002: 12); four undetermined species (based on females) “described” in Salgado, 2008b: 218 ( Ecuador), 2013a: 89 ( Peru), 2013b: 77 ( Ecuador), and 2016b: 60 ( Ecuador) (they might have been described afterwards, but Salgado has made no further reference to those materials).

Biology: Most species seem to be carrion scavengers in moist lowland or montane forests. Some occur as troglophiles in caves.

References

Gnaspini, P. (1993 a) Brazilian Cholevidae (Coleoptera), with emphasis on cavernicolous species. II. Subgenus Iutururuca nov., subgenus of Adelopsis. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 29, 77 - 87.

Gnaspini, P. & Peck, S. B. (1996) The Adelopsis of Costa Rica and Panama (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Ptomaphagini). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, 39, 405 - 441.

Gnaspini, P. & Peck, S. B. (2001) The Adelopsis of Colombia (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Ptomaphagini). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, 41, 427 - 463.

Gnaspini, P., Antunes-Carvalho, C. & Peck, S. B. (2016) Two new synonymies at the generic level in Neotropical Ptomaphagini (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae). Zootaxa, 4132 (2), 272 - 274. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4132.2.7

Gnaspini, P. & Peck, S. B. (2019) Redescription of the ' older Adelopsis ' species (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Pto- maphagini) based on the analysis of type specimens. Zootaxa, 4696 (1), 1 - 62. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4696.1.1

Hatch, M. H. (1928) Silphidae II. In: Schenkling, S. (Ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus, Pars 95. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 63 - 244.

Illiger, J. K. W. (1798) Verzeichniss der Kafer Preussens. J. J. Gebauer, Halle, xlii + 510 pp.

Jeannel, R. (1922) Biospeologica XLVII. Silphidae Catopinae (Coleopteres) (deuxieme serie) avec une etude phylogenique et paleogeographique de la sous-famille. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et Generale, 61, 1 - 98.

Jeannel, R. (1936) Monographie des Catopidae. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, New Series, 1, 1 - 433.

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

Salgado, J. M. (2008 b) Contribution to the knowledge of the biodiversity of Ecuador: new genus, new species and new records (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae). In: Biodiversity of South America. I. Memoirs on Biodiversity 1. World Biodiversity Association, Verona, pp. 209 - 223.

Salgado, J. M. (2010 c) Descripcion de una nueva especie del genero Paulipalpina y de tres nuevas species del genero Adelopsis de Ecuador (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie, New Series, 26, 205 - 229.