Antillengis epochthidius, Skelley, 2009

Skelley, Paul E., 2009, Pleasing fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Erotylinae), Insecta Mundi 2009 (82), pp. 1-94 : 18-20

Distribution. Antillengis epochthidius is found on Hispaniola in the Cordillera Central.

Type Material. Male holotype and female allotype (WIBF, to be deposited in NMNH) and 4 male paratypes (WIBF, PESC) of Antillengis epochthidius all possess the following label: “/ DOMIN. REP: Prov. La Vega, La Cienega, Parque Nac. HQ, 19 o 04’N, 70 o 52’W. 1100m, 09APR1992, bracket fungi, M. A. Ivie, D. Sikes, W. Lanier /”. The bracket fungus was later identified as Ganoderma sp. (M. Ivie, pers. comm.), which is a large hard polypore that also hosts other megalodacnines.

Variation. The sculpture of the broad gular-submental groove varies tremendously. One specimen has the entire posterior margin obscured, others have only the lateral thirds obscured. The distinctiveness of

the medial anterior angle of the mentum varies from broadly rounded to weakly angulate, sides always short.

Etymology. The specific epithet is a Latinized form of epochthidios, which is Greek for “something from the mountains.”