Verodes scabrosus (Solier)

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 : 60

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scientific name	Verodes scabrosus (Solier)
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Fig. 60 View FIGURES 57–60

Nosoderma scabrosum Solier, 1841: 36 . Gebien, 1936: 669.

Nosoderma scabrosa ; Casey, 1907b: 476. Blackwelder, 1945: 514.

Verodes scabrosus ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 70 View Cited Treatment .

Scoriaderma congolense Fairmaire 1894b: 656 . Gebien, 1936: 670. NEW SYNONYMY

Diagnosis: This species and V. asperatus can be distinguished from all members of the genus by having rounded nodules (or very short ridges) at the base of the elytra in intervals 3 and 5 rather than elongated ridges. Verodes scabrosus can be distinguished from V.asperatus by the more typical rounded tubercles rather than the strongly conical ones seen in the later species.

Distribution: Mexico: Oaxaca and Durango.

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 9 specimens examined is MEXICO: OAXACA, DURANGO .

Types: Nosoderma scabrosus : HOLOTYPE: ♀ missing right meta tarsus in MNHN. Red rectangle TYPE/ Solier-9641-34; Mus. Paris; hand written on green square Nosoderma ; scabrosum. Solier; denticla? (Chev. Dej.); Mexico / scabrosus Sol 36, 3 Mex Bves/ Museum Paris; Coll. De. Marseul; 2842-90.

Scoriaderma congolense : HOLOTYPE: ♂, missing right proleg and left protarsus in MNHN. Handwritten on rectangle Congo / red rectangle TYPE / Scoriaderma ; congolense; Fairmaire 1894; Congo./ light blue rectangle Muséum Paris; 1906; Coll. L. Fairmaire.

Notes: The label of the type of Scoriaderma congolense was misinterpreted. The handwritten “ Congo ” was interpreted (not unreasonably) to mean the African region of that name, but the specimen is actually a specimen of Verodes scabrosus (Solier) and clearly not congeneric with S. comoriense . The label apparently refers to the Mexican town of El Congo (25° 58’ N, 105° 12’ W), located in the Mexican state of Durango, which is within the range of this species.

References

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.

Fairmaire, L. (1894 b) Coleopteres de l'Afrique intertropicale et australe. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 38, 651 - 679.

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.

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

Solier, A. J. J. (1841) Essai sur les Collapterides (suite). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 10, 29 - 51, pl. 2.

Figures

FIGURES 57–60. Dorsal habiti. 57. Verodes inaequalis, Mexico, Puebla.; 58. V. exsculptus, Mexico, Oaxaca; 59. V. asperatus, Mexico, Hidalgo; 60. V. scabrosus, Mexico. Scale bars = 5mm.