Canifa LeConte, 1866

Johnston, M. Andrew, Naczi, Robert F. C. & Gimmel, Matthew L., 2024, Review of North American Scraptiidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), with a Catalog of World Genera, The Coleopterists Bulletin 78 (2), pp. 171-200 : 191-192

Canifa LeConte, 1866

Canifa pallipennis LeConte, 1878

Canifa pallipennis LeConte 1878: 619 ; Leng 1920: 240. Scraptia pallipennis (LeConte) : Pic 1911: 6.

Distribution: Canada (Québec), USA (Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York).

Canifa pallipes ( Melsheimer, 1846)

Hallomenus minutus Melsheimer 1806: 11 . [Nomen nudum]

Scraptia pallipes Melsheimer 1846: 56 ; Pic 1911: 6. Canifa pallipes (Melsheimer) : LeConte 1866: 144; Leng 1920: 240. (Lectotype: Figs. 12C, D )

Scraptia pallipes var. minuta Melsheimer 1846: 56 . Note: Senior primary homonym of Scraptia minuta Mulsant, 1856 , currently a junior synonym of Scraptia fuscula Müller, 1821 . New objective synonym. (Neotype: Figs. 12C, D )

Scraptia pallipes var. plagiata Melsheimer 1846: 57 . Canifa plagiata (Melsheimer) : LeConte 1866: 144. Synonymized with Scraptia pallipes Melsheimer by Melsheimer (1853: 143). New objective synonym. (Neotype: Figs. 12C, D )

Scraptia biimpressa Haldeman 1848: 100 . Synonymized with Scraptia pallipes Melsheimer by Pic (1911: 6).

Scraptia americana Haldeman 1848: 100 ; LeConte 1854: 219. Synonymized with Scraptia pallipes Melsheimer by Melsheimer (1853: 143), and with Scraptia plagiata Melsheimer by Leng (1920: 239). Note: Doubtfully synonymized with Scraptia plagiata Melsheimer by Pic (1911: 4).

Distribution: Canada (British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec, Saskatchewan), USA (Arkansas *, Delaware *, Florida, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota *, NewYork, Oklahoma *, South Carolina, Texas *, Vermont).

Canifa pusilla ( Haldeman, 1848)

Scraptia pusilla Haldeman 1848: 100 ; Pic 1911: 6. Canifa pusilla (Haldeman) : LeConte 1866: 144; Leng 1920: 240.

Distribution: Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec), USA (Indiana, New York, South Carolina, Wisconsin).

Cteniacantha Quedenfeldt, 1886 Cteniacantha marginata Quedenfeldt, 1886 Cteniacantha marginata Quedenfeldt 1886: 121 . Distribution: Puerto Rico.

Neoscraptia Fender, 1946 Neoscraptia testacea Fender, 1946

Neoscraptia testacea Fender 1946: 67 .

Distribution: USA (Idaho, Oregon).

Figures

Fig. 12. Scraptiidae, type specimens and labels.A) Allopoda dentipes [Evalces], lectotype, dorsal habitus, B) Same, labels, C) Canifa pallipes [Scraptia], lectotype, dorsal habitus, D) Same, labels, E) Sphingocephalus ovalis, holotype, dorsal habitus, F) Same, labels. Images C and D by Whit Farnum, Museum of Comparative Zoology, copyright President and Fellows of Harvard College, images E and F by K. Taro Eldredge, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.