Verodes exsculptus (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 : 62

Verodes exsculptus (Champion)

Figs. 55 , 58

Nosoderma exsculptum Champion, 1884: 49 . Gebien, 1936: 669. García-París et al., 2006: 229.

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

Verodes exsculptus ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 70.

Nosoderma anceps Champion, 1884: 50 . Gebien, 1936: 669. Blackwelder, 1945: 514. (Synonymy by García-París et al., 2006: 229).

Verodes anceps ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 71.

Nosoderma longipennis Casey, 1907b: 477 . Blackwelder, 1945: 514. García-París et al., 2006: 230. NEW SYNON- YMY.

Nosoderma longipenne ; Gebien, 1936: 669.

Verodes longipennis ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 71.

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from all other members of the genus by having the subapical nodule in the 3 rd elytral interval closer to the elytral apex than the one in the 5 th.

Distribution: Southern Mexico associated with pine ( Pinus sp. ) forests between 2,500 –3,400 meters.

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 111 specimens examined is MEXICO: OAXACA, PUEBLA, VERACRUZ .

Types: LECTOTYPE: ♀, right pro-leg missing in BMNH. Orange ringed circle Type/Jalapa, Mexico; Hoege./ ♀ on square/ Nosoderma ; exsculptum Champ- B.C.A.Col.IV.1.; Nosoderma exsculptum / red square Nosoderma ; exsculptum Champion ; Lectotype García-París 2000. PARALECTOTYPES: 1 ♂, intact and 1 ♂, missing left meta leg and left mesotarsus in BMNH. Jalapa, Mexico; Hoege./ 153 on square/ G.C. Champion Coll.; B.M. 1927/ 409/ red square Paralectotipo; Nosoderma ; exsculptum Champion ; M. García-París et al 2002.

Nosoderma anceps : LECTOTYPE: ♀, intact in BMNH. Orange ringed circle Type/ Jalapa, Mexico; Hoege./ Nosoderma anceps ; Champ.;? var. exsculptum /B.C.A.Col.IV.1.; Nosoderma anceps / red square Lectotypus; Nosoderma anceps ; Champion; García-París 2000. PARALECTOTYPES: 2 ♂, intact in BMNH. Same data as LECTOTYPE.

Nosoderma longipennis : LECTOTYPE, here designated: ♀, missing left meta tarsus in NMNH. Jalapa; Mexico; Hoege/ Casey; bequest; 1925/ orange rectangle Type NMNH 46389/ longipennis ; Csy/ red rectangle label Lectotype; Nosoderma ; longipennis ; ♀ Casey, 1907; desg. Foley & Ivie ‘07.

Notes: This species varies greatly in size with examined specimens ranging in size from 9–22 mm in length.

Figures

FIGURES 54–56. 54–55. Hypomera. 54. Sesaspis sylvatica; 55. Verodes exsculptus. 56. Ventral surface of head and pronotum of Verodes inaequalis. Scale bars = 1mm.

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.