Verodes championi (Casey)

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 : 57-58

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scientific name	Verodes championi (Casey)
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Nosoderma championi Casey, 1907b: 476 . Gebien, 1936: 669. Blackwelder, 1945: 514. García-París et al., 2006: 229. Verodes championi ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 70.

Diagnosis: This species is similar in general appearance to V. inaequalis , but can be distinguished from that species by having 6 distinct nodules in the apical half of the elytra not connected to ridges versus 3 or 4 in V. inaequalis .

Distribution: Mexico: Guerrero, Oaxaca and Veracruz.

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 9 specimens examined is MEXICO: GUERRERO , OAX- ACA, VERACRUZ .

Types: Nosoderma championi : LECTOTYPE, here designated: ♂, intact in NMNH. Mex./ Casey; bequest; 1925/ Type NMNH; 46388/ championi; Csy./ red rectangle label Lectotype; Nosoderma ; championi ; ♂ Casey, 1907; desg. Foley & Ivie ’07. PARALECTOTYPES, here designated: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, in NMNH. Guer./ Casey; bequest; 1925/ championi 2 & 3; Paratype NMNH; 46388/ blue rectangle label Paralectotype; Nosoderma ; championi ; Casey, 1907; desg. Foley & Ivie ’07.

Notes: One of only two apparently valid species described by Casey in the Zopherini . Besides the types, 6 additional specimens ( BMNH) were examined that show the same distinct morphological pattern .

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.

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.