Cybocephalus aciculatus Champion, 1913

Smith, Trevor Randall, 2022, Review of the Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera) of North America and the West Indies with descriptions of two new species of Cybocephalus Erichson, Insecta Mundi 2022 (950), pp. 1-35 : 9

Cybocephalus aciculatus Champion

( Fig. 29–32 )

Cybocephalus aciculatus Champion, 1913: 71 .

Distribution. Mexico (Mexico City, Tamaulipas) and Central America ( Belize).

Hosts. Unknown.

Remarks. No males of this species have been collected. Therefore, identification is difficult without distinctive male genitalia. However, the antennae of this species are quite diagnostic ( Fig. 29 ), which allows this beetle to be positively identified and separated from others in North America and the West Indies. The single specimen collected in Belize was captured in a Lindgren funnel trap in an upland forest habitat. For a full description of this species, see Smith and Cave (2007b).

Figures

Figures 29–32. Cybocephalus acicultatus Champion. 29) Antenna. 30) Proleg. 31) Mesoleg. 32) Metaleg.