Catops Paykull

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), Zootaxa 4741 (1), pp. 1-114 : 36

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scientific name	Catops Paykull
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Genus Catops Paykull View in CoL

Catops Paykull, 1798: 342 View in CoL . Type species: Catops sericeus View in CoL of Paykull, 1798 (not proposed as new, referred to Tritoma sericea Fabricius, 1787 but misidentified (e.g., Sherborn, 1902) (= Helops fuscus Panzer ) ( ICZN 1999: Art. 69.2.4) (4 species in original description, 2 as “new” [but not stated as such]— sericeus Fabricius View in CoL [ Tritoma View in CoL ], morio Fabricius [ Tritoma View in CoL ], elongatus, brevicornis); des. in Jeannel, 1922: 44 (not stated as taxonomic change, as C. sericeus Payk. View in CoL [sic], which was stated as senior synonym of C. fuscus Panzer ); Helops fuscus Panzer des. [not valid] in Thomson, 1859: 59 (as “ C. fuscus ”; not stated as taxonomic novelty; the species was not listed in original description; it is the senior synonym of the first species listed, but was not stated as such); Helops fuscus Panzer listed as type species (in error) in Hatch, 1928: 188.

= Sciodrepa Thomson, 1859: 60 View in CoL (not stated as taxonomic novelty); Jeannel, 1936: 340 syn. (not stated as taxonomic change). Type species: Catops alpinus Gyllenhal View in CoL (orig. des.); Catops fumatus Spence listed as type species (in error; maybe a designation, but not stated as such) in Hatch, 1928: 202.

= Lasiocatops Reitter, 1901: 47 (as subgenus of Catops View in CoL ); Hatch, 1928: 189 syn., 1933: 210 syn. (of Sciodrepa View in CoL , as subgenus). Type species: Catops alpinus Gyllenhal View in CoL (4 species in original description, one as “new”— hybridus Reitter, oertzeni Reitter, alpinus Gyllenhal View in CoL , alpinoides); des. in Jeannel, 1922: 44 (not stated as taxonomic change).

Key: to North American species in Peck & Cook, 2002: 743.

Distribution: Mexico (2 species) and 145 spp. Holarctic and Borneo.

Biology: Ten described species occur in forest litter and related habitats across North America; carrion scavenger ( Hatch, 1933; Jeannel, 1936; Peck & Cook, 2002).