Nosoderma echinatum Guérin-Méneville

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 : 27

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scientific name	Nosoderma echinatum Guérin-Méneville
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Nosoderma echinatum Guérin-Méneville, 1838: 280 . Fairmaire, 1894: CI. Foley and Ivie, 2007: 65.

Meralius echinatus ; Gebien, 1936: 669. Blackwelder, 1945: 515. Marcuzzi, 1984: 75. Garrido, 2004: 56.

Nosoderma duponchelii Solier, 1841: 34 . (synonymy by Gebien 1936: 669).

Meralius duponchelii ; Casey, 1907b: 470.

Diagnosis: Distinguished by the short stout form, with at least 5 small subapical elytral nodules, and secondary setae which are not club shaped.

Distribution: Widespread on Cuba and Isla de la Juventud from sea level to 1,700 meters ( Garrido 2004).

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 78 specimens examined is CUBA: Pinar del Rio, La Habana, Matanzas, Sancti Spíritus, Camagüey, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba, Isla de la Juventud .

Types: Not seen.

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.

Garrido, O. H. (2004) Two new species of Meralius (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) from Cuba, with comments on the genus. Solenodon, 4, 56 - 62.

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.

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