Phloeodes venustus (Champion), 2008

Foley, Ian A. & Ivie, Michael A., 2008, A phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Zopherini with a review of the species and generic classification (Coleoptera: Zopheridae), Zootaxa 1928 (1), pp. 1-72 : 48

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1928.1.1
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scientific name	Phloeodes venustus (Champion)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Phloeodes venustus (Champion) NEW COMBINATION

Figs. 38 View FIGURES 35–38 , 42, 46 View FIGURES 42–46. 42

Nosoderma venustus Champion, 1884: 45 .

Nosoderma venustum ; García-París et al., 2006: 230.

Noserodes venusta ; Casey, 1907b: 481. Gebien, 1936: 670. Blackwelder, 1945: 515. Arnett, 1983: 16.

Verodes venustus ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 71 View Cited Treatment .

Diagnosis: This large elongate species is distinguished from all Zopherini with 10-segmented antennae by the lack of a visible scutellum, having tubercles present on the ventral body surface and the tomentose vestiture which is mottled in color, primarily whitish, golden, and dark brown to black. The species can appear largely black if the vestiture has worn off, or is obstructed by greasy exudate. The antennal cavity of Ph. venustus is weakly defined but the anterior portion of the hypomeron is produced ventrally relative to the pleurosternal suture, producing a distinct groove for the antenna. The central portion of the hypomeral face is concave laterad the pleurosternal suture in a weak but clear indication of the cavity.

Distribution: Central America from the countries of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama, at elevations between 600 – 1500 m.

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 22 specimens examined is (for complete label data, see Foley 2006) COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, Puntarenas. GUATEMALA: Escuintla. NICARAGUA: Matagalpa. PAN- AMA: Panamá .

Types: Nosoderma venustum : LECTOTYPE ♂, intact in BMNH. Orange ringed circle Type/V. de Atitlan, 25–3500 ft.; Champion./ Nosoderma venustum ; Champ MS./Sp. Figured/B.C.A.Col.IV.1.; Nosoderma venustum /red square Lectotypus; Nosoderma ; venustum Champion ; García-París des 2000. PARALECTOTYPE ♀, intact in BMNH. Zapote; Guatemala; G.C. Champion./ Nosoderma venustum ; Champ MS./Sp. Figured/ B.C.A.Col.IV.1.; Nosoderma venustum /red square; Paralectotypus; Nosoderma ; venustum Champion García- París des 2000.

Notes: This species was described in the genus Nosoderma but was placed in the genus Noserodes Casey by Gebien (1936) based on Casey’s suggestion (1907b) that it was probably a member of that genus. The genus Noserodes was then synonymized with Nosoderma ( Doyen and Lawrence 1979) moving the species back into the later genus. In comparison with the Californian species of this genus, very little information has been published on this large and very distinctive species.

References

Arnett, R. H. (1983) Family 103. Tenebrionidae, pg. 1 - 91. In: R. H. Arnett, (ed.), Checklist of the Beetles of North and Central America and the West Indies, Vol. 6 The Darkling beetles, Strepsiptera, and related groups. E. J. Brill Publishing Co., New York.

Blackwelder, R. E. (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America, Part 3. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Bulletin, 185, 343 - 550.

Casey, T. L. (1907 b) A revision of the American components of the tenebrionid subfamily Tentyriinae. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 9, 275 - 522.

Champion, G. C. (1884) Fam. Tenebrionidae (part), In: F. D. Godman & O. Salvin, (eds.) Biologia Centralia-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Vol. IV, Part 1. Porter, London, pp. 1 - 88.

Doyen, J. T. & Lawrence, J. F. (1979) Relationship and higher classification of some Tenebrionidae and Zopheridae (Coleoptera). Systematic Entomology, 4, 333 - 377.

Foley, I. A. (2006) A Review of the Ironclad Beetles of the World (Coleoptera Zopheridae: Phellopsini and Zopherini). Master's Thesis, Montana State University. 218 pp.

Foley, I. A. & Ivie, M. A. (2007) Determination of the correct authorship and type species of Nosoderma, and the impact on the nomenclature of the Zopherini (Coleoptera: Zopheridae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 61, 65 - 74.

Garcia-Paris, M., Coca-Abia, M. M. & Parra-Olea, G. (2006) Re-evaluation of the genera Phloeodes, Noserus, and Nosoderma (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) with a description of a new species of Nosoderma from northern Mexico. Annales Societe Entomologique de France, 42, 215 - 230.

Gebien, H. (1936) Katalog der Tenebrioniden (Col.: Heteromera). Teil I. (abgeschlossen August 1936) Pubblicasioni del Museo Entomologico Pietro Rossi , 2, 505 - 883.