Nosoderma echinatum Guérin-Méneville

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 : 27

Nosoderma echinatum Guérin-Méneville

Figs. 4 , 22, 24

Nosoderma echinatum Guérin-Méneville, 1838: 280 . Fairmaire, 1894: CI. Foley and Ivie, 2007: 65.

Meralius echinatus ; Gebien, 1936: 669. Blackwelder, 1945: 515. Marcuzzi, 1984: 75. Garrido, 2004: 56.

Nosoderma duponchelii Solier, 1841: 34 . (synonymy by Gebien 1936: 669).

Meralius duponchelii ; Casey, 1907b: 470.

Diagnosis: Distinguished by the short stout form, with at least 5 small subapical elytral nodules, and secondary setae which are not club shaped.

Distribution: Widespread on Cuba and Isla de la Juventud from sea level to 1,700 meters ( Garrido 2004).

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 78 specimens examined is CUBA: Pinar del Rio, La Habana, Matanzas, Sancti Spíritus, Camagüey, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba, Isla de la Juventud .

Types: Not seen.

Figures

FIGURES 1–5. 1–3. Antennal clubs. 1. Zopherus nodulosus; 2. Sesaspis sylvatica; 3. Zopherosis georgei. 4–5. Apex of last antennomere. 4. Nosoderma echinatum; 5. Scoriaderma cordicolle. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 22–25. 22–23. Dorsal habiti. 22. Nosoderma echinatum, Cuba; 23. N. turquinense, Cuba. 24. N. echinatum ventral surface of prosternum. 25. N. turquinense leg surface.