Stenocheila Laporte de Castelnau, 1832

Erwin, Terry L. & Zamorano, Laura S., 2014, A synopsis of the tribe Lachnophorini, with a new genus of Neotropical distribution and a revision of the Neotropical genus Asklepia Liebke, 1938 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae), ZooKeys 430, pp. 1-108 : 22

Stenocheila Laporte de Castelnau, 1832 Narrow-mouthed beetles Fig. 21

Stenocheila Laporte de Castelnau, 1832:12

Type species.

Stenocheila lacordairei Laporte de Castelnau, 1832:12

Way of life.

Size range - 7.8 mm to 9.3 mm; these beetles have been found on the campus of INPA at Manaus, Brazil. The area was an open managed unnatural habitat among buildings.

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyane, Perú.

Notes.

This is a monobasic genus with a widespread species. See our notes under Diplacanthogaster Liebke, above.

References.

Reichardt (1967).

Figures

Figure 19 - 22. 19 Pseudophorticus sp. (all species in South America are either undescribed or placed in Euphorticus G. Horn). Digital Photo-illustration. Habitus, dorsal aspect, based on specimen ADP 132538 from Pakitza, Peru 20 Selina westermanni Motschulsky. Digital Photo-illustration. Habitus, dorsal aspect, based on specimen ADP 132536 from China Bay, Sri Lanka 21 Stenocheila lacordairei Laporte de Castelnau. Digital Photo-illustration. Habitus, dorsal aspect, based on specimen ADP 133801 from Chapada dos Guimares, Brazil 22 Quammenis spectabilis Erwin. Digital Photo-illustration. Habitus, dorsal aspect, based on specimen ADP 100513 from Estacion Zurqui, Costa Rica.