Caccoleptus (Bicaccoleptus) kacka Háva, 2009

Háva, Jiří & Thomas, Michael C., 2012, A new U. S. and Florida record for Caccoleptus (Bicaccoleptus) kacka Háva, 2009 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae), Insecta Mundi 2012 (237), pp. 1-3 : 1-2

Caccoleptus (Bicaccoleptus) kacka Háva, 2009

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Material Examined. USA: Florida, Dade Co., Hialeah , 15.vi.2004, H. Escobar, W. Ceballos, Hibiscus tiliaceus , 1 male, ( FSCA) ; Dade Co., Doral , 1.ii.2008, A. C. Salamanca, Coccoloba uvifera , 1 female, ( JHAC) ; Dade Co., Miami , 5.ii.2001, coll. E. T. Putland, Manilkara zapota , 1 male, ( FSCA) ; Broward Co., Pembroke Pines , 7.v.2008, coll. M. Justiz, Cocos nucifera , 1 female, ( FSCA) ; Broward Co., Sunrise , 12.x.2011, coll. J. Muirhear, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis , 1 male, ( JHAC) .

Description. Male. Elytra with black integument, with median transverse band of grey pubescence, reaching suture; and orange apical portion; elytra covered by subrecumbent grey pubescence on orange parts and black on other parts; humerus coarsely punctured, otherwise finely punctured.

Female. Body length 0.93 – 0.95 mm, width 0.66 – 0.67 mm. Female differs from the male specimens by the shorter antennae, more robust body form, and color on elytra. Elytral median transverse fasciae on cuticle reddish-brown, covered by grey pubescence.

Remarks. This species was described from and heretofore only known from males. The Florida speci- mens were collected on Hibiscus tiliaceus L., Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. ( Malvaceae ), Coccoloba uvifera L. ( Polygonaceae ), Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Royen ( Sapotaceae ), and Cocos nucifera L. ( Arecaceae ). The first Florida specimen was determined by R. S. Beal as Caccoleptus sp. in 2001.

Distribution. This species was described from Guatemala ( Háva 2009) and recorded in the Nearctic region from Mexico ( Háva et al. 2010).

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Figures 1–2. Habitus of Caccoleptus (Bicaccoleptus) kacka Háva. 1) Dorsal aspect. 2) Ventral aspect.