Calybe Laporte de Castelnau, 1834

Erwin, Terry L. & Zamorano, Laura S., 2014, A synopsis of the tribe Lachnophorini, with a new genus of Neotropical distribution and a revision of the Neotropical genus Asklepia Liebke, 1938 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae), ZooKeys 430, pp. 1-108 : 12

Calybe Laporte de Castelnau, 1834 Ant-like hut beetles Fig. 7

Calybe Laporte de Castelnau, 1834:92

Chalybe Lacordaire, 1854:378

Type species.

Calybe leprieuri Laporte de Castelnau, 1834:92

Way of life.

Size range - 3.1 mm to 4.9 mm; species of this genus not only have color patterns and movements like ants, but also have body constrictions giving them near ant-like proportions. They live near water bodies usually on steep slopes just above the margin on damp clay soils.

Distribution.

Northwestern México south to Argentina.

Notes.

Currently, eight described species are assigned to this genus; however, many more species are represented in the NMNH collection. There is a need for a taxonomic revision of the group. Identification of species is impossible without recourse to types.

References.

Ball and Hilchie (1983); Liebherr (1983; 1988), Erwin (1991); Ball and Bousquet (2000), Bousquet (2012); Erwin et al. (2012).

Figures

Figure 7 - 10. 7 Calybe sp. Digital Photo-illustration. Habitus, dorsal aspect, based on specimen ADP 132561 from Pakitza, Peru 8 Diplacanthogaster bicolor Liebke. Digital Photo-illustration. Habitus, dorsal aspect, based on specimen ADP 133817 from Ouro Preto, Brazil 9 Ega sp. (no described species of this genus is known from Peru). Digital Photo-illustration. Habitus, dorsal aspect, based on specimen ADP 132560 from Pakitza, Peru 10 Eucaerus sp. Digital Photo-illustration. Habitus, dorsal aspect, based on specimen ADP 132552 from Pakitza, Peru.