Zeadolopus oklahomensis Daffner, 1988, 1989

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2013, Systematics and distributions of the genera Cyrtusa Erichson, Ecarinosphaerula Hatch, Isoplastus Horn, Liocyrtusa Daffner, Lionothus Brown, and Zeadolopus Broun of the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae: Leiodini), Insecta Mundi 2013 (310), pp. 1-32 : 20-21

Zeadolopus oklahomensis Daffner, 1988

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Zeadolopus oklahomensis Daffner, 1988: 298 . Holotype, male, in Daffner collection, not seen. Type locality: Red Oak, OK.

Diagnosis. Length (pronotum + elytra) = 1.22–1.54 mm; greatest width = 0.90–1.20 mm. Reddish brown, shiny. Head punctures moderately coarse, irregularly spaced. Antennal club not or slightly darker than funicle; apical antennomere longer and narrower than penultimate antennomere. Sides of pronotum rounded, posterior angles rounded; base rounded medially, weakly concave before posterior angles. Pronotal punctation fine, irregularly spaced. Elytral strial punctures deep and closely spaced, discernible nearly to base. Interstriae finely punctate. Metasternum coarsely, densely punctate laterally, more finely punctate medially. Metatibia widest in apical half, 2.5 times as wide as at the base. Abdominal sternites III–VII each with transverse row of fine punctures near middle. Median lobe of aedeagus ( Fig. 14 ) broad, paired apices inwardly curved. Parameres extend slightly beyond apex of median lobe. Internal sac as in Fig. 14 .

Distribution. North America ( Fig. 24 ). UNITED STATES. ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, FLORIDA, OKLAHOMA, TEXAS, VIRGINIA.

Previously recorded in North America ( Daffner 1988) from: UNITED STATES. OKLAHOMA. Latimer Co., 5 mi W Red Oak.

Seasonality. Adults have been collected from April to November, with most being in the months of June to September.

Bionomics. Adults have been collected mostly in mixed hardwood forest. They have been taken by flight intercept or ultraviolet light or yellow pan traps.

New material examined. We have seen 48 specimens from the following new localities: UNITED STATES. ALABAMA. Jefferson Co., Westavia. ARKANSAS. Little Rock. FLORIDA. Alachua Co., Gainesville. Monroe Co., Middle Torch Key. OKLAHOMA. Marshall Co., Willis, Lake Texoma. TEXAS. Angelina Co., 4 mi SE Zavalla, Angelina National Forest. Bastrop Co., Bastrop State Park. Tyler Co., Kirby State Forest. Wood Co., 3.5 mi SW Hainesville, Godwin Woods. VIRGINIA. Bath Co., 9.6 mi N Clifton Forge.

Figures

Figure 24. North American distribution of Zeadolopus bifoveolatus (black circles), Z. oklahomensis (black squares), Z. rubricornis (inset map, black circles).

Figures 7–15. Aedeagi, dorsal, of Lionothus species. 7) L. ulkei. 8) L. forticornis. 9) L. bidentatus. 10) L. exiguus. 11) L. parvoculus. Scale line = 0.3 mm for L. ulkei, L. exiguus; 0.4 mm for L. forticornis, L. bidentatus, L. parvoculus. Aedeagi, dorsal, of Zeadolopus species. 12) Z. egenus. 13) Z. bifoveolatus. 14) Z. oklahomensis. 15) Z. rubricornis. Scale line = 0.3 mm.