Epimetopus fisheri Perkins, 1979

Perkins, Philip D., 2012, 3531, Zootaxa 3531, pp. 1-95 : 36

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scientific name

Epimetopus fisheri Perkins, 1979
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Epimetopus fisheri Perkins, 1979 View in CoL

Figs. 65 (habitus), 69 (aedeagus), 142 (map)

Epimetopus fisheri Perkins, 1979: 322 View in CoL .

New collection records: Honduras: Nacaome , 17.4 km W Jicaro Galan Jct. Hwy CA1, elev. 100 m, 13° 32' N, 87° 36' W, 2 vi 1973, Erwin & Hevel (3 USNM) GoogleMaps ; Mexico: Chiapas, 2 mi. SW Las Cruces , 16° 16' N, 93° 49' W, 3 viii 1954, A. A. Alcorn (1 SEMC) GoogleMaps ; Guerrero, Acapulco , 16° 52' N, 99° 54' W, 16–30 viii 1938, L. J. Lipovsky (3 SEMC) GoogleMaps ; same locality, 16° 52' N, 99° 54' W, 18 viii 1938, L. J. Lipovsky (15 SEMC) GoogleMaps ; same locality, 16° 52' N, 99° 54' W, 20 viii 1938, L. J. Lipovsky (2 SEMC) GoogleMaps ; Jalisco, 25 mi NW of Barra de Navidad , intermittent stream, scrub tropics, 19° 28' N, 104° 56' W, 22 vii 1974, M. E. & P. D. Perkins (11 MCZ) GoogleMaps ; Agua Caliente , unnamed stream, elev. 290 m, 20° 23' N, 105° 26', 15 i 2005, W. D. Shepard (WDS-A-1624) (6 AEZS) ; Oaxaca, Tapanatepec , 8 mi. W Oaxaca, elev. 122 m, 16° 22' N, 94° 12' W, 10 vii 1953, Univ. Kans. Mex. Expedition (1 SEMC) GoogleMaps .

Differential diagnosis. The habitus of E. fisheri ( Fig. 65) is very similar to that of several other members of the Costatus group; reliable determinations will be based on examination of the aedeagus. The aedeagus is somewhat similar to that of E. costatus in general proportions ( Figs. 69, 71), including being broad in lateral view. However, the median lobe shape and the shape of the parameres differ markedly in the two species.

Distribution. Currently known from Honduras and Mexico ( Fig. 142).

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

SEMC

University of Kansas - Biodiversity Institute

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Epimetopidae

Genus

Epimetopus

Loc

Epimetopus fisheri Perkins, 1979

Perkins, Philip D. 2012
2012
Loc

Epimetopus fisheri

Perkins P. D. 1979: 322
1979
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