Verodes impressus (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 : 63

Verodes impressus (Champion)

Fig. 65

Nosoderma impressum Champion, 1884: 50 . Gebien 1936: 669. García-París et al., 2006: 230.

Nosoderma impressa ; Blackwelder, 1945: 514.

Verodes impressus ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 71.

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from all members of the genus by having the ridge in the 5 th elytral interval distinctly interrupted by a broad lateral depression.

Types: Nosoderma impressum : LECTOTYPE: ♀, intact in BMNH. Orange ringed circle Type/1668 on light blue square/Jacale, Mexico; Salle Coll./ Nosoderma impressum, Champ. MS. / B.C.A.Col.IV.1.; Nosoderma impressum / red square Lectotypus; Nosoderma ; impressum; Champion; García-París des 2000. PARA- LECTOTYPE; ♂, missing right meta leg. Same data as LECTOTYPE without circle type label.

Distribution: Mexico: Veracruz around 2,400 meters.

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 11 specimens examined is MEXICO: VERACRUZ .

Notes: This uncommon species and V. carinatus appear to be closely related to V. exsculptus and occurs only in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

Figures

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.