Homethes Newman, 1842

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 : 15

Homethes Newman, 1842 Velvet-backed beetles Fig. 13

Homethes Newman, 1842:402

Type species.

Homethes elegans Newman, 1842:402

Way of life.

Size range - 8.5 mm to 9.0 mm; these small beetles, at least in some species, are known to fly. According to Moore et al. (1987) they are predaceous.

Distribution.

Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

Notes.

Nine species are known to occur in Australia ( Moore et al. 1987).

References.

Darlington (1956); Moore et al. (1987); Liebherr (1990).

Figures

Figure 11 - 14. 11 Euphorticus sp. (only Euphorticus pubescens (Dejean) is known from Mexico and this is not that species). Digital Photo-illustration. Habitus, dorsal aspect, based on specimen ADP 132558 from Tapilulu, Mexico 12 Guatemalteca virgen Erwin. Digital Photo-illustration. Habitus, dorsal aspect, based on specimen ADP 132546 from nr. La Virgen, Costa Rica 13 Homethes sp. Digital Photo-illustration. Habitus, dorsal aspect, based on specimen ADP 133797 from Australia 14 Lachnaces sp. (at present this genus has three described species, all from the upper Amazon Basin). Digital Photo-illustration. Habitus, dorsal aspect, based on specimen ADP 132578 from Tambopata Reserved Zone, Explorer's Inn, Peru.