Euspilotus (sensu stricto) lacordairei (Marseul)

Aballay, Fernando H., Arriagada, Gerardo, Flores, Gustavo E. & Nestor D. Centeno,, 2013, An illustrated key to and diagnoses of the species of Histeridae (Coleoptera) associated with decaying carcasses in Argentina, ZooKeys 261, pp. 61-84 : 68

Euspilotus (sensu stricto) lacordairei (Marseul) Figure 8

Diagnosis.

Medium to large size (length: 3.4-4.5 mm, width: 3.3-3.8 mm). Body black reddish. Pronotum with coarse and dense punctation on anterior, lateral and basal areas, disc small, with finer and sparse punctation. Pronotal hypomeron setose in dorsal view. Elytron with coarse and dense punctation on distal half, projecting anterad in intervals 1-3, shortest in interval 4; with five dorsal striae well demarcated, 1-4 complete on anterior half, fifth reduced between the fourth dorsal and sutural striae, fourth and sutural striae connected by a rounded arch. Pygidium without grooves. Protibiae with expanded outer margin and 10-11 short, reddish denticles.

Distribution.

Argentina, Bolivia and Chile ( Mazur 2011; Aballay et al. 2008, 2012).