Verodes guatemalensis (Champion)

Foley, Ian A. & Ivie, Michael A., 2008, A phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Zopherini with a review of the species and generic classification (Coleoptera: Zopheridae), Zootaxa 1928 (1), pp. 1-72 : 64

Verodes guatemalensis (Champion)

Fig. 64

Nosoderma guatemalense Champion, 1884: 47 , pl. 2, fig. 11. García-París et al., 2006: 230.

Nosoderma guatemalensis ; Casey, 1907b: 481.

Noserodes guatemalensis ; Gebien, 1936: 670. Blackwelder, 1945: 515.

Verodes guatemalensis ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 71 .

Noserodes squalidus Casey, 1907b: 480 . Gebien, 1936: 670. Ṡ lipi ń ski and Lawrence, 1999: 13. NEW SYNONYMY. Noserodes squalida ; Blackwelder, 1945: 515.

Nosoderma squalidum ; García-París et al., 2006: 230.

Verodes squalidus ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 72 .

Diagnosis: See diagnosis of V. zunilensis above.

Distribution: Montane wet forests of Guatemala and southern Mexico between 1,500 and 2,600 meters.

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 73 specimens examined is GUATEMALA: EL PROGRESSO, ZACAPA . MEXICO: CHIAPAS .

Types: Nosoderma guatemalense : LECTOTYPE: ♂, intact in BMNH. Orange ringed circle Type/ Calderas, Guatemala; Champion./ Nosoderma guatemalense, Champ. ; MS-Sp. Figured./ B.C.A.Col.IV.1.; Nosoderma guatemalense ./ red square Lectotypus Nosoderma ; guatemalense ; Champion; García-París des 2000. PARALECTOTYPE: ♀, intact in BMNH. Same data as Lectotype.

Noserodes squalidus : LECTOTYPE, here designated: ♀, missing last 4 antennomeres of left antenna, all left tarsi, right pro-tarsus, and right meso leg in NMNH. Chiriqui; Costa Rica / Casey; bequest; 1925/ orange rectangle Type NMNH; 46390/ Noserodes ; squalidus ; Csy./ red rectangle label Lectotype; Noserodes ; squalidus ; ♀ Casey, 1907; desg. Foley & Ivie ’07.

Notes: This species and V. zunilensis are probably sister-species, with V. zunilensis documented only from Honduras, and V. guatemalensis occurring from Guatemala north into southern Mexico. The Casey type reported from Costa Rica is probably an error, as additional recent collecting efforts have not yielded new specimens, and the species that would be expected to occur in Costa Rica, if any, is V. zunilensis .

Figures

FIGURES 61–64. Dorsal habiti. 61. Verodes interruptus, Mexico, Oaxaca; 62. V. sparsus, Guatemala; 63. V. zunilensis, Mexico, Chiapas; 64. V. guatemalensis, Mexico, Chiapas. Scale bars = 5mm.