Euspilotus (Hesperosaprinus) modestus (Erichson

Aballay, Fernando H., Arriagada, Gerardo, Flores, Gustavo E. & Nestor D. Centeno,, 2013, An illustrated key to and diagnoses of the species of Histeridae (Coleoptera) associated with decaying carcasses in Argentina, ZooKeys 261, pp. 61-84 : 71

Euspilotus (Hesperosaprinus) modestus (Erichson Figures 419

Diagnosis.

Medium to large size (length: 2.5-4.0 mm, width: 2.4-2.7 mm). Body black to reddish. Pronotum with fine and sparse punctation on disc, larger and deeper on lateral area. Pronotal hypomeron glabrous in dorsal view. Elytron with finer and sparse punctation in the intervals on proximal half; distal half with coarse and dense punctation, apically the punctures form elongate wrinkles; elytral striae 1-4 well demarcated, 1-2 surpassing the middle of elytron on posterior half, 3-4 reduced to anterior half; with inner subhumeral stria well demarcated. Pygidium with coarse and dense punctation, with two short transverse grooves or two longitudinal depressions. Protibiae with outer margin expanded and 8-9 short, reddish denticles, the basal fourth very small.

Distribution.

Argentina, Brazil, French Guiana, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela ( Mazur 2011; Aballay et al. 2008, 2012).