Anogdus puritanus ( Fall, 1925 )

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2013, A revision of the species of Anogdus LeConte of the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae: Leiodini), Insecta Mundi 2013 (290), pp. 1-27 : 11-12

Anogdus puritanus ( Fall, 1925)

( Fig. 13, 14 , 35 )

Anisotoma puritana Fall, 1925: 310 . Lectotype female in MCZC, type number 24022, designated by Daffner 1988: 280, seen by us. Type locality: USA: MASSACHUSETTS: Tyngsboro. Neocyrtusa puritana (Fall) ; Brown 1937a: 164.

Anogdus puritanus (Fall) ; Daffner 1988: 280.

Diagnosis. Length (pronotum + elytra) = 2.08–2.36 mm; greatest width = 1.32–1.48 mm. Punctures of head moderately fine, irregularly spaced. Antennal club moderately slender; antennomere 7 distinctly narrower than 9 and 10; antennomere 8 narrow, disk-like; apical antennomere smaller than 9 and 10. Sides of pronotum weakly angulate at middle, posterior angles broadly obtuse. Pronotum finely punctate. Elytral strial punctures round and deep, separated by ±1 diameter; interstrial punctures round, scattered; elytral epipleura setose. Metasternal anterior margin with a row of small, inconspicuous punctures; metasternum laterally with dense, shallow punctures. Protarsi and mesotarsi of male with white setae ventrally. Male mesotibia curved or weakly sinuate; mesotibial process broad at base, tapering to acute apex, shorter than large mesotibial spine. Metafemur of moderate width; males may have an acute tooth-like or small right-angled or rounded expansion near the apex of the lower margin. Abdominal sternite III with an inconspicuous row of small punctures at anterior margin; sternites IV–VII each with a row of punctures anteriorly that may not be visible in dry specimens. Median lobe of aedeagus ( Fig. 13, 14 ) elongate, broad, strongly curved dorsoventrally. Parameres slender, with apices sometimes weakly swollen, reaching nearly to apex of median lobe. Armature of internal sac as in Fig. 13, 14 .

Distribution. North America. Widely distributed across southern Canada east of the Rocky Moun- tains and the eastern United States from Massachusetts south to North and South Carolina ( Fig. 35 ). Previously published distributional records in Brown (1937a: 164) and Daffner (1988: 289): CANADA. ONTARIO: Arnprior; Carleton Place. QUEBEC: Gatineau Park. USA. MASSACHUSETTS: Bedford; Dracut; Tyngsboro. NORTH CAROLINA: Avery Co.: Linville Falls; Buncombe Co.: Great Craggy Mts. SOUTH CAROLINA: Oconee Co.: Walhalla.

New material examined (n=84). CANADA. MANITOBA: Spruce Woods Provincial Park, Spirit Sands , 17. VI –21.VII.1988, S. & J. Peck, mesic forest on sand, FIT (1, SBPC) ; ONTARIO: Heckston , 20km SE Kemptville, 24. VI –21.VII.1984, M. Kaulbars, FIT (15, SBPC) ; same data except: 15. V –24. VI.1984 (2, SBPC) ; same data except: 15.VIII–9.IX.1984 (1, SBPC) ; Limoges , LaRose Provincial Forest, N 45°22.703’, W75°15.244’, 1–30.VII.2001, 63m, S. & J. Peck, 01–6, mixed forest, FIT (3, SBPC) ; same data except: 1–30. VI.2001, 01–5 (4, SBPC) ; Ottawa , Mer Bleue Bog, N 45°23.260’, W75°31.134’, 1–30. VII. 2001, 116m, S. & J. Peck, 01–2, mixed forest FIT (4, SBPC) ; same data except: 1–30. VI.2001, 01–1 (10, SBPC) ; Grenville Co.: L3C6 Wolford Twp , 44°52’03”N 74°43’50”W, 17–24.VII.2000, J. Cook, ma- ture mixed forest, FIT (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 19–22. VI.1998 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 23–30. VI.1991 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 14–21. VI.1993 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 9–13.VIII.1999 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 21–25. VI.1999 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 28. VI –2.VII.1999 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 26–30.VII.1999 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 19–23.VII.1999 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 11–14. VI.1999 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 9–12. VI.1999 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 15–19. VI.1998 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 10–17.VII.2000 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 13–20.VII.2003 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 24–31.VII.2000 (2, JCIC) ; same data except: 27. VI –4.VII.2004 (2, JCIC) ; same data except: 11–21.VII.2004 (2, JCIC) ; same data except: 4–11.VII.2004 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 15–22. VI.2003 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 5–11.VIII.2003 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 29. VI –6.VII.2003 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 6–13.VII.2003 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 9–16.VII.2006 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 21–28. VI.2002 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 24–27.VII.1998 (2, JCIC) ; same data except: 13–17.VII.1998 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 3–6.VII.1998 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 22–26. VI.1998 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 27–31.VII.1998 (1, JCIC) ; same data except: 22–29. VI.2003 (2, JCIC) ; Wolford Township roads, 5.VII.1993, J. Cook, evening car netting (1, JCIC) ; QUEBEC: Johnville , 5.VII.1989, C. Levesque (1, CNCI) ; Gatineau Park nr. Pinks Lake , 8.VIII.1979, S. Peck & A. Davies, forest, Malaise trough (1, SBPC) ; Joliette Co.: Lac Cloutier , 23.VIII.1987, Genier & Bertrand, FIT malaise (1, SBPC) ; same data except: 19.VII.1987 (1, SBPC) ; same data except: 21. V.1987 (2, SBPC) ; same data except: 5.VII.1987 (1, SBPC) ; same data except: 14. VI.1987 (1, SBPC) .

Seasonality. Adults are known from the months of June through September suggesting that the spe- cies is active in the summer months.

Bionomics. The collections are from mostly mature mixed forest, often on sand soils, and are almost entirely from flight intercept traps.

Figures

Figure 35. North American distribution of Anogdus puritanus (circles), A. alachua (cross), A. texanus (squares), A. tridens (triangles).

Figures 1–18. Aedeagi, dorsal and lateral, of Anogdus species. 1, 2) A. capitatus. 3, 4) A. dissimilis. 5, 6) A. fusciclavus. 7, 8) A. insolitus. 9, 10) A. obsoletus. 11, 12) A. potens. 13, 14) A. puritanus. 15, 16) A. sculpturatus. 17, 18) A. secretus. Scale line = 0.30 mm for capitatus, dissimilis, fusciclavus, obsoletus, puritanus, sculpturatus, secretus; 0.35 mm for insolitus, potens.