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Dissochaetus semipiceus

Description

D. semipiceus (Matthews, 1888: 99)

(Choleva); Portevin, 1902: 513 comb., 1903a: 159 (no new data); Jeannel, 1936: 154 (assignment to group); Salgado, 2006: 101; Peck & Cook, 2017: 97. No information about types in original description;

? Syntype (s) (sex and number of specimens not given in Jeannel, 1936; a female [not seen], in Peck & Cook, 2017) in BMNH.

Type locality: San Geronimo, 3000 ft., [Baja Verapaz Department], Guatemala.

Distribution: Guatemala: Baja Verapaz and Río San Juan Departments.

= D. magnicornis Portevin, 1907: 70; Hatch, 1928: 163 syn. (of “ D.exiguus Kirsch [1871], now in Paulipalpina, not stated as taxonomic change); syn. moved to D. semipiceus by Jeannel, 1936: 154 (not stated as taxonomic change, and not referring to Hatch’s change, probably not aware of it). Holotype male [a single specimen in original description, assumed as holotype; depository not given], lost (Jeannel, 1936: 154, footnote). Type locality: “ Guatemala ”.

Notes

Published as part of Peck, Stewart B., Gnaspini, Pedro & Newton, Alfred F., 2020, Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (" Latin America ": Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America), pp. 1-114 in Zootaxa 4741 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4741.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3772899

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References

  • Portevin, G. (1902) Note sur quelques Choleviens du Museum. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 8, 512 - 513.
  • Jeannel, R. (1936) Monographie des Catopidae. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, New Series, 1, 1 - 433.
  • Salgado, J. M. (2006) Nuevas aportaciones al conociemiento de Camiarinae y Cholevinae (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) Neotropicales y descripcion de una nueva especie de Chile. Boletin del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, 55, 87 - 111.
  • Peck, S. B. & Cook, J. (2017) A review of the small carrion beetle genus Dissochaetus Reitter (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae) in Central America. Dugesiana, 24, 91 - 119.
  • Portevin, G. (1907) Clavicornes nouveaux du groupe des necrophages. Iie Memoire. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 76, 67 - 82.
  • Hatch, M. H. (1928) Silphidae II. In: Schenkling, S. (Ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus, Pars 95. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 63 - 244.
  • Kirsch, T. (1871 (1870 )) Beitrage zur Kaferfauna von Bogota (Sechstes Stuck). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 14, 337 - 378.