Cryptarcha chilensis ( Germain, 1855 )

Lasoń, Andrzej, Hájek, Jiří & Jelínek, Josef, 2021, The Nitidula carnaria complex, with description of a new species from Central Asia, and a key to world species of the genus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 61 (2), pp. 503-516 : 514

Cryptarcha chilensis ( Germain, 1855)

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Nitidula chilensis Germain, 1855: 396 . Cryptarcha chiliensis [lapsus calami]: Gඋඈඎඏൾඅඅൾ (1906: 25).

Material examined. 8 spec. (2 specimens at a time on the same card): Chili; in one pair moreover: Nitidula chilensis cll. Fairm. Genn [hw Grouvelle] ( MNHN); 1 spec., Chile, VIII.r., Las Trancas, 36°54.731– 71°28.739, 1000 m, 15.–17.ii.2005, S. Bílý leg. ( NMPC).

Comments to classification. This species was erroneously listed in Gඋඈඎඏൾඅඅൾ (1913) both in Nitidula and Cryptarcha , even though it had been classified as Cryptarcha already by Gඋඈඎඏൾඅඅൾ (1906). Specimens in MNHN belong undoubtedly to the subfamily Cryptarchinae . Currently, the combination Cryptarcha chilensis ( Germain, 1855) according to Gඋඈඎඏൾඅඅൾ (1906) is available as tentative, but the true generic combination should be re-examined, as well as the relation between Cryptarcha chilensis and Cryptarcha elongata (Eschscholtz, 1822) .

Figures

Figs 24–27. Habitus of Neotropical species previously classified in the genus Nitidula Fabricius, 1775. 24 – Mystrops bourgeoisi (Grouvelle, 1914) (syntype; Ecuador; 5.5 mm); 25 – Cryptarcha chilensis (Germain, 1855) (Chile, 2.8 mm); 26 – Catonura complanata (Germain, 1855) (Chile, 3.7 mm); Mystrops rufidens (Reitter, 1873) (syntype; Venezuela; 2.4 mm).