Epimetopus panamensis Perkins, 1979

Perkins, Philip D., 2012, 3531, Zootaxa 3531, pp. 1-95 : 24

publication ID

C1FA90AF-1C31-45D6-9CB6-C7D3058E501C

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C1FA90AF-1C31-45D6-9CB6-C7D3058E501C

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3601F35E-9E4E-932E-A3F8-FCFBFCBBDF44

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Epimetopus panamensis Perkins, 1979
status

 

Epimetopus panamensis Perkins, 1979 View in CoL

Figs. 34 (habitus), 39 (aedeagus), 143 (map)

Epimetopus panamensis Perkins, 1979: 324 View in CoL .

New collection record: Panama: Canal Zone , Barro Colorado, leaf litter, 9° 10' N, 79° 50' W, 19 ii – 9 iii 1975, Lawrence, Erwin (1 MCZ) GoogleMaps .

Differential diagnosis. The habitus of E. panamensis ( Fig. 34) is very similar to that of several other members of the Costatus group; reliable determinations will be based on examination of the aedeagus. The aedeagus is somewhat similar to that of E. punctipennis ( Figs. 39, 62); differing therefrom in having a narrower and longer median lobe, a wider and longer basal piece, and wider and differently shaped parameres. The aedeagus of E. panamensis also has a larger striate collar. Externally ( Figs. 34, 58) the two species differ in color ( E. panamensis is brown, E. punctipennis is reddish), and E. panamensis has much smaller elytral punctures and larger elytral granules linking the punctures.

Distribution. Currently known only from Panama ( Fig. 143).

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Epimetopidae

Genus

Epimetopus

Loc

Epimetopus panamensis Perkins, 1979

Perkins, Philip D. 2012
2012
Loc

Epimetopus panamensis

Perkins P. D. 1979: 324
1979
Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF