Anogdus texanus Peck and Cook, 2013

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2013, A revision of the species of Anogdus LeConte of the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae: Leiodini), Insecta Mundi 2013 (290), pp. 1-27 : 18-19

Anogdus texanus Peck and Cook , new species

( Fig. 29, 30 , 35 )

Diagnostic description. Length (pronotum + elytra) = 1.76–2.20 mm; greatest width = 1.16–1.46 mm. Head punctures moderately coarse, irregularly spaced. Antennal club slender; antennomere 7 distinctly narrower than 9 and 10; antennomere 8 distinct, narrow; apical antennomere slightly narrower than 9 and 10. Sides of pronotum rounded, posterior angles obtuse. Pronotal punctures on disk finer and more distantly spaced than head punctures, larger and more dense posterolaterally. Elytral strial punctures round and deep, separated by ± 1 diameter; interstrial punctures fine, distantly spaced. Elytral epipleura inconspicuously setose. Metasternal anterior margin with a row of large, deep punctures; metasternum with smaller punctures medially, variably rugose laterally. Protarsi and mesotarsi of male bearing white setae ventrally. Male mesotibia curved; mesotibial process broad at base, curved, shorter than large tibial spine. Metafemur slender; males usually with a broad, triangular expansion near the apex of the lower margin. Abdominal sternites III–VII each with a row of closely spaced, round, deep punctures at anterior margin. Median lobe of aedeagus ( Fig. 29, 30 ) elongate, broad, anterior one–third somewhat depressed; paired apices inwardly curved. Parameres slender, apically expanded, reaching about to apex of median lobe. Inverted internal sac ( Fig. 29, 30 ) with a distinctive structure in basal one-third bearing dark setae.

Note. This species was erroneously illustrated by Daffner (1988, Fig. 17 and 18 ) as Anogdus fusciclavus (Fall) and that record from Kerrville, Kerr Co., Texas, is in error (see above).

Type material (n=102). Holotype, male, in TAMU, with label data: “USA: TEXAS: Ellis Co. / 3.6 mi. NE Italy / 32.21752°N, 96.93389°W,/ IV-2-V-8-2008, FIT-ground/ Coll. E.G. Riley, et al.” Paratypes, 101, as follows: with same data as holotype (19, TAMU; 20, SBPC) ; “ USA: TEXAS: Bell Co. / 1 km. W Youngsport, FIT/ Bowmer Rch., Lampasas Riv. / 30.96197°N, 97.72903°W / IV-10-21-2010, T. Rob- bins” (26, TAMU) ; “ TX: Bandera Co. / Lost Maples St. Nat. / Area 28.IV.-2. V.87/ leaf/log litter Ber. / R. Anderson (1, SBPC) ; “ USA: TEXAS: Hays Co. / 6 mi. NW Dripping Springs / 30°13,554’N, 98°11.039’W / VI-3-30-2006, FIT-ground/ 1,340’, E.G. Riley, et al.-431/ Juniperus unmanaged plot” (1, TAMU) ; same data except “1,340, E.G. Riley, et al.-418/ Juniperus managed plot (1, TAMU); same data except “ III-31- IV-27-2006, FIT-grd./ 1,340’, E.G. Riley, et al.-353/ Juniperus unmanaged plot” (3, TAMU) ; same data except “ VI-28-VI-2-2006, FIT-grd./ 1,340’, E.G. Riley, et al.-379/ Juniperus managed plot” (2, TAMU) ; same data except “1,340’, E.G. Riley, et al.-392/ Juniperus unmanaged plot” (1, TAMU) ; same data except “ IX-2-X-5-2006, FIT-elev./ 1,340’, E.G. Riley, et al.-534/ Juniperus managed plot” (1, TAMU) ; “ TEXAS: Kerr Co. / 6.5 mi. SW Hunt , 1,960’/ 29°59.409’N, 99°23.244’W,/ VI-3-30-2006, FIT-ground/ E.G. Riley, et al.-444/ upland deciduous forest” (1, TAMU) ; same data except “ X-27-XI-11-2005, FIT-ground/ E.G. Riley, et al.-171” (1, TAMU) ; same data except “ III-31-IV-27-2006, FIT-grd./ E.G. Riley, et al.-366” (3, TAMU) ; same data except “ IV-28-VI-2-2006, FIT-grd./ E.G. Riley, et al.-405” (3, TAMU) ; same data ex- cept “ IX-2-X-5-2006, FIT-grd./ E.G. Riley, et al.-561” (1, TAMU) ; “ USA: TEXAS: Travis Co. / Bull Creek arm of Lake Austin ,/ 30° 21.060’N, 97°47.211’W / II- 15-III-27-2007, FIT-ground/ E.G. Riley-et al.-607” (15, TAMU) ; “ Kerrville , TEX./ April 5 1959 / Becker & Howden”, “Collected/ in malt/ trap”, “ Anogdus / fusciclavus (Fall) / det. Daffner 1986” (1, CNCI) ; “ OKLAHOMA / [Marshall Co.], Kingston, VII.19761,” (1, USNM) .

Distribution. North America. Known only from the United States in the states of Oklahoma and Texas ( Fig. 35 ).

Seasonality. Adults are known scattered throughout the year but mostly from the spring months of April and May suggesting that the species is mostly spring active.

Bionomics. The dominant habitat is upland deciduous forest and open juniper scrub, and most speci- mens were taken in flight intercept traps.

Etymology. This species is named for the state of Texas, USA, where most of the specimens have been collected.

Figures

Figure 35. North American distribution of Anogdus puritanus (circles), A. alachua (cross), A. texanus (squares), A. tridens (triangles).

Figures 19–32. Aedeagi, dorsal and lateral, of Anogdus species. 19, 20) A. superans. 21, 22) A. alachua. 23, 24) A. cochise. 25, 26) A. huachuca. 27, 28) A. rileyi. 29, 30) A. texanus. 31, 32) A. tridens. Scale line = 0.30 mm for superans, alachua, huachuca, texanus, tridens; 0.35 mm for cochise, rileyi.

Figures 1–18. Aedeagi, dorsal and lateral, of Anogdus species. 1, 2) A. capitatus. 3, 4) A. dissimilis. 5, 6) A. fusciclavus. 7, 8) A. insolitus. 9, 10) A. obsoletus. 11, 12) A. potens. 13, 14) A. puritanus. 15, 16) A. sculpturatus. 17, 18) A. secretus. Scale line = 0.30 mm for capitatus, dissimilis, fusciclavus, obsoletus, puritanus, sculpturatus, secretus; 0.35 mm for insolitus, potens.