Verodes exsculptus (Champion)

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 : 62

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scientific name	Verodes exsculptus (Champion)
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Nosoderma exsculptum Champion, 1884: 49 . Gebien, 1936: 669. García-París et al., 2006: 229.

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

Verodes exsculptus ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 70.

Nosoderma anceps Champion, 1884: 50 . Gebien, 1936: 669. Blackwelder, 1945: 514. (Synonymy by García-París et al., 2006: 229).

Verodes anceps ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 71.

Nosoderma longipennis Casey, 1907b: 477 . Blackwelder, 1945: 514. García-París et al., 2006: 230. NEW SYNON- YMY.

Nosoderma longipenne ; Gebien, 1936: 669.

Verodes longipennis ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 71.

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from all other members of the genus by having the subapical nodule in the 3 rd elytral interval closer to the elytral apex than the one in the 5 th.

Distribution: Southern Mexico associated with pine ( Pinus sp. ) forests between 2,500 –3,400 meters.

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 111 specimens examined is MEXICO: OAXACA, PUEBLA, VERACRUZ .

Types: LECTOTYPE: ♀, right pro-leg missing in BMNH. Orange ringed circle Type/Jalapa, Mexico; Hoege./ ♀ on square/ Nosoderma ; exsculptum Champ- B.C.A.Col.IV.1.; Nosoderma exsculptum / red square Nosoderma ; exsculptum Champion ; Lectotype García-París 2000. PARALECTOTYPES: 1 ♂, intact and 1 ♂, missing left meta leg and left mesotarsus in BMNH. Jalapa, Mexico; Hoege./ 153 on square/ G.C. Champion Coll.; B.M. 1927/ 409/ red square Paralectotipo; Nosoderma ; exsculptum Champion ; M. García-París et al 2002.

Nosoderma anceps : LECTOTYPE: ♀, intact in BMNH. Orange ringed circle Type/ Jalapa, Mexico; Hoege./ Nosoderma anceps ; Champ.;? var. exsculptum /B.C.A.Col.IV.1.; Nosoderma anceps / red square Lectotypus; Nosoderma anceps ; Champion; García-París 2000. PARALECTOTYPES: 2 ♂, intact in BMNH. Same data as LECTOTYPE.

Nosoderma longipennis : LECTOTYPE, here designated: ♀, missing left meta tarsus in NMNH. Jalapa; Mexico; Hoege/ Casey; bequest; 1925/ orange rectangle Type NMNH 46389/ longipennis ; Csy/ red rectangle label Lectotype; Nosoderma ; longipennis ; ♀ Casey, 1907; desg. Foley & Ivie ‘07.

Notes: This species varies greatly in size with examined specimens ranging in size from 9–22 mm in length.

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.

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.

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., G. Parra-Olea & M. Coca-Abia. (2000) First records of the genus Noserus LeConte (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) in Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 102, 473 - 474.

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.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Zopheridae
Genus	Verodes