Corticeus (Cnemophloeus) levis Bremer, 1993

Soldati, Laurent, Kergoat, Gael J. & Condamine, Fabien L., 2012, Preliminary report on the Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) collected during the SANTO 2006 expedition to Vanuatu, with description of a new species of the genus Uloma Dejean, 1821, Zoosystema 34 (2), pp. 305-317 : 307-308

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2012n2a8
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5C3A8797-E50A-9357-20AE-FC61757AFEDA
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scientific name	Corticeus (Cnemophloeus) levis Bremer, 1993
status

Treatment

Corticeus levis Bremer, 1993: 521 , fig. 8.

MATERIAL TYPE. — Malao village in Big Bay area, Esperito (sic) Santo, New Hebrides, 6-16 Sept. 71, leg. J. Buckerfield R.S.P.S.E. sex unknown (probably a ♀), holotype ( SAM).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vanuatu. Espiritu Santo Isl., Luganville, CETRAV in Saraoutou, ecotone between dense rainforest and coffee tree plantation, under bark, 2-10.X.2006, leg. L. Soldati, 1 ex. (sex unknown) ( MNHN), 1 ex. (sex unknown) (coll. LS). — Espiritu Santo Isl., Big Bay, Matantas, Vatthe Area Conservation, 12-17.X.2006, under the bark of a big dead trunk lying on the ground, leg. L. Soldati, 1 ♂, 10 ex. ( MNHN) and 6 ex. (coll. LS) (sex unknown).

DISTRIBUTION. — So far, this species is only known from Espiritu Santo ( Vanuatu) and is considered as endemic of this island ( Soldati 2011).

REMARKS

Corticeus (Cnemophloeus) levis has never been mentioned since the original description until one of the authors discovered it once again during the SANTO 2006 expedition.

Subfamily TENEBRIONINAE Latreille, 1802 Tribe AMARYGMINI Gistel, 1848