Semiardistomis viridis (Say, 1823)

Valdes, Pavel, 2012, Notes about morphological features of the Western Hemisphere subtribe Ardistomina, and revision of genus Semiardistomis Kult (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Scaritinae, Clivinini), ZooKeys 210, pp. 19-67 : 49-50

Semiardistomis viridis (Say, 1823) Figs 55 -57

Clivina viridis Say, 1823: 21; Lindroth and Freitag 1969: 334.

Clivina rostrata Dejean, 1825: 419; Synonymy by LeConte (1857: 80); Lectotype designated by Bousquet (2006: 11).

Ardistomis vicinus Putzeys, 1846: 647; Synonymy by LeConte (1857: 80); Lectotype designated by Bousquet (2006: 11).

Ardistomis rostrata (Dejean): Putzeys 1846: 647.

Ardistomis viridis (Say): LeConte 1857: 80; Putzeys 1866: 214; LeConte 1879: 32; Blatchley 1910: 63; Downie and Arnett 1996: 112.

Ardistomus viridis (Say): Csiki 1927: 549.

Ardistomis (Ardistomiellus) viridis (Say): Kult 1950: 303.

Semiardistomis viridis (Say); Erwin 2011: 238.

Type material.

Neotype, designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 334), at Museum of Comparative Zoology, not examined.

Type locality.

Philadelphia Neck, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Diagnosis.

Body piceous with green reflections. Two pairs of supraorbital setae. More than two premedial setiferous punctures on pronotal disc. Elytral surface completely smooth, striae absent, punctures deeply impressed, setiferous. Abdominal sternum VII with 6+6 setiferous punctures. Body length given by Bousquet (2006: 11) as 5.0-6.5 mm.

Habitus.

dorsal aspect, as in Fig. 55 .

Geographical distribution

( Fig. 59 ). Known from southeastern United States and Bahama Islands in the West Indies ( Nichols 1988a; Bousquet 2006).

Habitat and activity.

I collected this species in the "Eagle trail" at the Grassy Waters Preserve in West Palm Beach on April 2, 2011. Adults were active during the day on sandy margins of a fresh water pond ( Fig. 56 ).

Material examined.

USA. Marion Co. V 99 Fla (USNM, 2) Jackson Co, Fla XII 97 (FSCA, 4). Sarasota Co, Fla. May 68 (USNM, 2) San Jacinto Co. Tex, Jun 68 (USNM, 4). West Palm Beach, Fla, March 2011(PVCCu, 12) Etats unis (MHNP, 6).

Figures

Figure 56. Habitat of Semiardistomis viridis (Say) at Grassy Waters Preserve, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Figure 57. Distribution map of members of the puncticollis species-group.

Figure 59. Distribution map of members of the labialis species-group in Central America.

Figures 54 - 55. 54 Semiardistomis propinquus (Putzeys) 55 Semiardistomis viridis (Say). Dorsal aspect. Scale bar 1 mm.