Agyrtodes ovatus, Portevin, 1907: 75

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 : 12

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scientific name	Agyrtodes ovatus
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Treatment

A. ovatus Portevin, 1907: 75 View in CoL ;

Jeannel, 1936: 107 (type male illustrated), 1957: 43, 1962: 501 (redescription); Szymczakowski, 1970: 329 (no new data); Salgado, 2006: 88; Seago, 2009: 18 (redescription).

Holotype male [a single specimen in original description, assumed as holotype] in MNHN [in Jeannel, 1936 and Seago, 2009; original description refers to Portevin collection]. Type locality: “ Chile ”.

Distribution: Argentina: Neuquén Province (AFN, personal data); Chile: Aisén (AFN, personal data), Arauco, Cautín, Chiloé, Concepción, Llanquihue, Malleco, Ñuble, Osorno, Quillota, Santiago, Talca, and Valdivia Provinces.

Note: Preliminary study suggests this species is the sister to the other members of the genus and some Australian genera (Seago, 2009: 61).

References

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. (2006) Nuevas aportaciones al conociemiento de Camiarinae y Cholevinae (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) Neotropicales y descripcion de una nueva especie de Chile. Boletin del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, 55, 87 - 111.

Szymczakowski, W. (1970) The scientific results of the Hungarian soil zoological expeditions to South America, 19. Especes des familles Catopidae et Colonidae (Coleoptera), provenant de l'Amerique du Sud. Opuscula Zoologica, Budapest, 10, 329 - 333.