Selenophorus ellipticus Dejean, 1829

Rajab, Abubakarsidiq Makame, 2021, Indoor Radio Map localization WiFi fingerprint datasets, The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (1), pp. 9-55 : 24-25

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https://doi.org/ 10.21227/ybfj-me86

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10543239

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scientific name

Selenophorus ellipticus Dejean
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Selenophorus ellipticus Dejean View in CoL

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Selenophorus ellipticus Dejean 1829: 108 View in CoL . Type locality: North America; restricted to New Jersey (Atlantic City, Atlantic Co.) by Lindroth (1968: 829). Types: MNHN.

Selenophorus ovalis Dejean 1829: 106 View in CoL . Type locality: North America. Types: MNHN.

Celiamorphus opaculus Casey 1914: 143 View in CoL . Type locality: New Jersey ( Atlantic City , Atlantic Co.) . Types: USNM #47873.

Celiamorphus currens Casey 1914: 143 View in CoL . Type locality: New York ( Catskill Mountains ) . Types: USNM #47874.

Celiamorphus municeps Casey 1924: 117 View in CoL , new synonymy. Type locality: North Carolina ( Southern Pines , Moore Co.) . Types: USNM #47878.

Descriptive Notes. Pronotum widest near base, with sides curved circularly toward strongly projected anterior angles, the anterior span distinctly narrower than base. Pronotal disc medially with well-impressed microsculpture, regularly isodiametric. Legs rufotestaceous. Dimorphism + ♂ 1 — ♀ 1. Median lobe with dorsoapical plate straight, apex moderately swollen. Endophallus in middle with single row of several contiguous spines. ABL 5.3–6.5 mm.

Range. CAN: ON; USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ,?NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI; Mexico.

Remarks. Examination of the two female syntypes (USNM #47878) of Celiamorphus municeps [collector “Manee” = A. H. Manee, type locality in Southern Pines, North Carolina] established synonymy with S. ellipticus . The ABL’ s were 5.9 and 6.0 mm, longer than the 5.4 mm reported by Casey.

Selenophorus ellipticus and S. granarius are mostly sympatric and frequently confused because of their superficial similarity. The two species are distinguished in the identification key. The following additional characters are useful. Compared to S. granarius , the elytra of S. ellipticus have the seriate punctures much smaller; ABS1 longer, well impressed; luster duller (especially in females), closer to black, less aeneous; microsculpture mesh much finer, almost isodiametric. In S. granarius males the elytral mesh is particularly shiny, more open and somewhat stretched while in females the mesh is duller, finer, near isodiametric like that of S. ellipticus . Comparing the lateral edges to the basal edges of the metanepisterna, S. ellipticus has metanepisterna longer (ratio almost 2:1) and narrower posteriad. The antennomeres of S. ellipticus are proportionately longer, at least twice as long as wide.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Selenophorus

Loc

Selenophorus ellipticus Dejean

Rajab, Abubakarsidiq Makame 2021
2021
Loc

Celiamorphus municeps

Casey, T. L. 1924: 117
1924
Loc

Celiamorphus opaculus

Casey, T. L. 1914: 143
1914
Loc

Celiamorphus currens

Casey, T. L. 1914: 143
1914
Loc

Selenophorus ellipticus

Lindroth, C. H. 1968: 829
Dejean, P. F. M. A. 1829: 108
1829
Loc

Selenophorus ovalis

Dejean, P. F. M. A. 1829: 106
1829
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