Verodes aequalis (Champion)

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 : 54

Verodes aequalis (Champion)

Figs. 31 , 34 , 68

Nosoderma aequale Champion, 1884: 44 , pl. 2, fig. 14. García-París et al., 2006: 229.

Nosoderma aequalis ; Casey, 1907b: 470 [as type species of Verodes ]. Ṡ lipi ń ski and Lawrence, 1999: 13.

Verodes aequalis ; Gebien, 1936: 670. Blackwelder, 1945: 515. Foley and Ivie, 2007: 69 .

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from all species of Verodes by the smooth and shiny dorsal surface of the pronotum and elytra which lack any distinct ridges or nodules, and uniformly distributed flattened tubercles with single inserted setae.

Distribution: Mexico: Oaxaca at elevations between 2,400 –3,400 meters.

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 22 specimens examined is MEXICO: OAXACA .

Types: Nosoderma aequale : HOLOTYPE: ♀, left antennae broken, left pro and meso tarsus broken, right meso and metatarsus broken in BMNH. Orange ringed circle Type/Parada/1654 light blue square/ Mexico.; Salle Coll./ Nosoderma aequale ; Champ. MS./Sp. Figured/B.C.A.Col.IV.1.; Nosoderma aequale /red square Holotypus Nosoderma aequale García-París des 2000.

Figures

FIGURES 30–31. Ventral surface of the head. 30. Sesaspis sylvatica; 31. Verodes aequalis. Scale bars = 1mm.

FIGURES 32–34. Dorsal view of left mandibles. 32. Phloeodes diabolicus; 33. Sesaspis sylvatica; 34. Verodes aequalis. Scale bar = 1mm.

FIGURES 65–68. Dorsal habiti. 65. Verodes impressus, Mexico, Veracruz; 66. V. carinatus, Mexico, Veracruz; 67. V. championi, Mexico, Oaxaca;68. V. aequalis, Mexico, Oaxaca. Scale bar = 5 mm.