Euconnus scydmaenoides Franz, 1989

O'Keefe, Sean T., 2000, Nomenclatorial Corrections For Latin American Scydmaenidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea),, The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (1), pp. 61-67 : 62

3. Euconnus scydmaenoides Franz

Euconnus scydmaenoides Franz 1967:700 , fig. 70.

Euconnus ranchograndensis O’Keefe , new name, for E. scydmaenoides Franz 1989:45 . Etymology: The name was derived from Rancho Grande, the type locality.

Franz described the first E. scydmaenoides based on a single male collected from Sierra de Garavito in the Peruvian Andes near Quillabamba ( Franz 1967: 700), and the second E. scydmaenoides based on two males and a female collected from Parque Nacional Rancho Grande, Venezuela ( Franz 1989:45). The senior E. scydmaenoides is 3.00 mm long and 1.00 mm wide, antennomeres III, IV, VI, and VII are elongate, antennomeres VIII–X are as long as wide, and the apex of the aedeagus is pointed ( Franz 1967:702, fig. 70). The junior E. scydmaenoides is 2.30–2.35 mm long and 0.85 mm wide, antennomeres III, IV, VI, and VII are as long as wide, antennomeres VIII­X are transverse, and the aedeagal apex is elongate, narrowed, and terminated by a knoblike structure ( Franz 1989:59, fig. 82). I propose E. ranchograndensis as a replacement name for E. scydmaenoides Franz 1989 .