An Annotated Catalog of the Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Nearctic Region (Continental North America North of Mexico)
Author
Peck, Stewart B.
Author
Newton, Alfred F.
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2017
2017-06-27
71
2
211
258
http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-71.2.211
journal article
10.1649/0010-065X-71.2.211
1938-4394
5460664
Genus
CATOPOCERUS
Motschulsky, 1870
Catopocerus
Motschulsky, 1870: 351
.
Type
species:
Catopocerus politus
Motschulsky, 1870
(by monotypy).
Biology.
All species are eyeless and flightless soil inhabitants (edaphobites), probably feeding on subterranean fungi, and are sometimes collected in caves.
Distribution.
E Nearctic (unglaciated lands east of the
Mississippi
River) (5 species).
C. alabamae
Peck, 1975d: 393
.
Holotype
male in MCZC. Type locality:
Cave Spring Cave
,
Chapman Mountain
,
Huntsville
,
Madison County
,
Alabama
.
North American
distribution:
USA
:
AL.
Biology
:
Known
only from the type collected from the stomach of a salamander.
C. appalachianus
Peck, 1975d: 387
.
Holotype
male in MCZC. Type locality: Balsam Gap, Mt. Mitchell, Yancey County,
North Carolina
. North American distribution.
USA
:
AL, IL, KY, NC, TN, VA, WV. Larva:
Newton (1991)
. Biology: Adults and larvae were reared in the laboratory at 12°C on baker’ s yeast in clay-floored Petri dishes.
C. hamiltoni
(
Horn, 1892: 45
)
(
Pinodytes
)
.
Lectotype
female in MCZC (designated by
Peck 1975d: 381
). Type locality: vicinity of Allegheny City [Pittsburgh],
Pennsylvania
. North American distribution.
USA
:
PA. Note:
Peck (1975d)
incorrectly figured the female genitalia as the aedeagus.
C. jonesi
Peck, 1975d: 392
.
Holotype
male in MCZC. Type locality:
Eudy Cave
,
1 mi
S Oleander
,
Marshall County
,
Alabama
.
North American
distribution.
USA
:
AL.
Biology
:
Known
only from carrion baits in caves in three counties in northeastern
Alabama
.
C. politus
Motschulsky, 1870: 351
; Portevin 1922: 2 (synonymy); Peck and Cook 2011: 13 (resurrected from synonymy, redescription).
Neotype
female in CNCI (designated by Peck and Cook 2011: 13) (=
holotype
of
Catopocerus ulkei
). Type locality:
District of Columbia
. Original type specimen not found in Motschulsky collection in Moscow by SBP in 2003. Original type locality: “North America.”
North American Distribution
:
USA
:
DC, MD, NC, PA, VA, WV. Note: The type was thought to be from
Alaska
or
California
and collected by
Motschulsky
himself, but he was never in
Alaska
or
California
. He did collect in the eastern USA (DC to AL).
=
C. ulkei
Brown, 1933b: 215
;
Peck 1975d: 383
; Peck and Cook 2011: 13 (synonymy).
Holotype
female in CNCI. Type locality:
District of Columbia
.