Verodes scabrosus (Solier)

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 : 60

Verodes scabrosus (Solier)

Fig. 60

Nosoderma scabrosum Solier, 1841: 36 . Gebien, 1936: 669.

Nosoderma scabrosa ; Casey, 1907b: 476. Blackwelder, 1945: 514.

Verodes scabrosus ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 70 .

Scoriaderma congolense Fairmaire 1894b: 656 . Gebien, 1936: 670. NEW SYNONYMY

Diagnosis: This species and V. asperatus can be distinguished from all members of the genus by having rounded nodules (or very short ridges) at the base of the elytra in intervals 3 and 5 rather than elongated ridges. Verodes scabrosus can be distinguished from V.asperatus by the more typical rounded tubercles rather than the strongly conical ones seen in the later species.

Distribution: Mexico: Oaxaca and Durango.

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 9 specimens examined is MEXICO: OAXACA, DURANGO .

Types: Nosoderma scabrosus : HOLOTYPE: ♀ missing right meta tarsus in MNHN. Red rectangle TYPE/ Solier-9641-34; Mus. Paris; hand written on green square Nosoderma ; scabrosum. Solier; denticla? (Chev. Dej.); Mexico / scabrosus Sol 36, 3 Mex Bves/ Museum Paris; Coll. De. Marseul; 2842-90.

Scoriaderma congolense : HOLOTYPE: ♂, missing right proleg and left protarsus in MNHN. Handwritten on rectangle Congo / red rectangle TYPE / Scoriaderma ; congolense; Fairmaire 1894; Congo./ light blue rectangle Muséum Paris; 1906; Coll. L. Fairmaire.

Notes: The label of the type of Scoriaderma congolense was misinterpreted. The handwritten “ Congo ” was interpreted (not unreasonably) to mean the African region of that name, but the specimen is actually a specimen of Verodes scabrosus (Solier) and clearly not congeneric with S. comoriense . The label apparently refers to the Mexican town of El Congo (25° 58’ N, 105° 12’ W), located in the Mexican state of Durango, which is within the range of this species.

Figures

FIGURES 57–60. Dorsal habiti. 57. Verodes inaequalis, Mexico, Puebla.; 58. V. exsculptus, Mexico, Oaxaca; 59. V. asperatus, Mexico, Hidalgo; 60. V. scabrosus, Mexico. Scale bars = 5mm.