Sesaspis sylvatica (García-París, Coca-Abia, & Parra-Olea) Foley & Ivie, 2008

Foley, Ian A. & Ivie, Michael A., 2008, A phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Zopherini with a review of the species and generic classification (Coleoptera: Zopheridae), Zootaxa 1928 (1), pp. 1-72 : 34

Sesaspis sylvatica (García-París, Coca-Abia, & Parra-Olea) NEW COMBINATION

Fig. 29

Nosoderma sylvaticum García-París, Coca-Abia, & Parra-Olea, 2006: 215–230 .

Diagnosis: The species is closely related to S. lutosa , but can be distinguished from that species by the acutely pointed hind angles of the pronotum, concave anterior clypeal margin, weakly serrate lateral pronotal margin and single dominant nodule expanded along the apex of the elytral suture, compared to the bifid large nodule at the apex in S. lutosa and strongly serrate lateral margin of the pronotum.

Description: See García-París et al. (2006).

Distribution: Known from the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Queretaro, and Hidalgo, where the species occurs at elevations between 700–1,400 meters in the Sierra Madre Oriental.

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 47 specimens examined is MEXICO: HIDALGO, NUEVO LEON, TAMAULIPAS, QUERETARO .

Types: Not examined, holotype in Colección Nacional de Insectos del Instituto de Biología , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México ( García-París et al. 2006) .

Notes: Sesaspis lutosa apparently replaces S. sylvatica in more southern Mexican locales such as Oaxaca. Three specimens were associated with oak ( Quercus sp. ) and several others were collected in “mesófilos”, mountain forests or cloud forests (label data).

Figures

FIGURES 26–29. Dorsal habiti. 26. Sesaspis triplehorni, Belize; 27. S. emarginata, Texas, Comal Co.; 28. S. lutosa, Mexico, Oaxaca; 29. S. sylvatica, Mexico, Tamaulipas. Scale bar = 5mm.