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Cryptogenius miersianus Westwood 1841

Description

Cryptogenius miersianus Westwood, 1841

Cryptogenius miersianus Westwood 1841b: 41 (South America)

Distribution. French Guiana: Moragues 2010c: 77 (as Cryptogenius sp.); JRSD - NEW COUNTRY RECORD (French Guiana, Cayenne, Montagne des Chevaux. 4-VII-2009. Dalens.). Other: Westwood 1841b: 41 (South America), 1846: 171 (Nova Grenada [= Colombia?]); Arrow 1912: 63 (Colombia); Blackwelder 1944: 219 (Colombia); Ocampo 2006: 157 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama); Ocampo and Ballerio 2006: 181 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama).

Note. The specimens of Cryptogenius sp. mentioned for French Guiana in Moragues (2010c: 77) were subsequently identified as C. miersianus by Rheinheimer (J. Rheinheimer, pers. comm. 2018), who acquired the collection of Moragues.

Notes

Published as part of Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, pp. 1-306 in Insecta Mundi 732 (732) on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3678492

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Hybosoridae
Genus
Cryptogenius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Westwood
Species
miersianus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cryptogenius miersianus Westwood, 1841 sec. Hielkema & Hielkema, 2019

References

  • Westwood, J. O. 1841 a. Descriptions of some Dynastidae, in the collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope, illustrating the natural relations of the genus Cryptodus with figures. Journal of Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London: 38.
  • Westwood, J. O. 1841 b. Upon Maechidius, MacL., a genus of lamellicorn beetles, with descriptions and figures of some new genera belonging to the same tribe. Journal of Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London: 40 - 41.
  • Moragues, G. 2010 c. Presentation de la famille des Hybosoridae en Guyane (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea). Contribution a l'etude des Coleopteres de Guyane 1: 77 - 78. [Supplement au Bulletin de liaison d'ACOREP-France " Le Coleopteriste "].
  • Arrow, G. J. 1912. Scarabaeidae: Pachypodinae, Pleocominae, Aclopinae, Glaphyrinae, Ochodaeinae, Orphninae, Idiostominae, Hybosorinae, Dynamopinae, Acanthocerinae, Troginae. p. 3 - 66. In: S. Schenkling. Coleopterorum Catalogus Pars 43. W. Junk; Berlin. 66 p.
  • Blackwelder, R. E. 1944. Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Part 2. United States National Museum Bulletin 185 (2): 189 - 341.
  • Ocampo, F. C. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of the Anaidini based on morphological data and revision of the New World tribe Anaidini. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 19: 13 - 177.
  • Ocampo, F. C., and A. Ballerio. 2006. Catalog of the subfamilies Anaidinae, Ceratocanthinae, Hybosorinae, Liparochrinae, and Pachyplectrinae (Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 19: 178 - 209.