Suphisellus varians ( Sharp, 1882 )
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Felipe |
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Suphisellus varians ( Sharp, 1882 ) |
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Suphisellus varians ( Sharp, 1882) View in CoL
( Figs 1H View Fig , 2G View Fig , 3H View Fig )
= Canthydrus varians Sharp, 1882 View in CoL
TYPE LOCALITY. Guatemala, Escuintla district, Paso Antonio .
MATERIAL EXAMINED. no material examined
Published records from Belize: Cayo District ( YOUNG, 1979)
DIAGNOSIS. TL = 2.3–2.6 mm; head and pronotum yellowish brown, pronotum with a darker area near anterior margin; elytra dark brown to piceous with a yellowish elongate humeral stripe, a long elongate mark on the disc and another one behind the middle near the suture ( Fig. 1H View Fig ); male genitalia with apex of aedeagus narrowed ( Fig. 2G View Fig ). Externally similar to S. neglectus but with the yellow markings forming stripes and being more prominent and the differences in the male genitalia.
DISTRIBUTION. (NT) Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua.
HABITAT. This species was not encountered during our field survey and its habitat preferences are unknown.
NOTE. Although we did not study the specimen mentioned by YOUNG (1979), we are confident that the identification by F.N. Young is correct.
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Suphisellus varians ( Sharp, 1882 )
Scheers, Kevin & Thomaes, Arno 2014 |
Canthydrus varians
Sharp 1882 |