Guatemalteca Erwin, 2004

Erwin, Terry L. & Zamorano, Laura S., 2014, A synopsis of the tribe Lachnophorini, with a new genus of Neotropical distribution and a revision of the Neotropical genus Asklepia Liebke, 1938 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae), ZooKeys 430, pp. 1-108 : 14

Guatemalteca Erwin, 2004 Shiny downy-bellied beetles Figs 12 , 25

Guatemalteca Erwin, 2004:12

Type species.

Guatemalteca virgen Erwin, 2004:12

Way of life.

Size range - 4.3 mm to 5.2 mm; these small beetles occur along small rocky streams in the highlands and in wet leaf litter in the lowlands; they take cover in the day time under stones or stream side debris. Many adults have been collected in Guyane with flight intercept traps (FITs).

Distribution.

Costa Rica; Guatemala; Guyane; México; Perú.

Notes.

Currently, one described species is assigned to this genus; however, two additional new species are represented in the NMNH collection, one from Guyane and another from Perú. A taxonomic revision of the group is needed.

References.

Erwin (2004); Bousquet (2012); Erwin et al. (2012).

Figures

Figure 11 - 14. 11 Euphorticus sp. (only Euphorticus pubescens (Dejean) is known from Mexico and this is not that species). Digital Photo-illustration. Habitus, dorsal aspect, based on specimen ADP 132558 from Tapilulu, Mexico 12 Guatemalteca virgen Erwin. Digital Photo-illustration. Habitus, dorsal aspect, based on specimen ADP 132546 from nr. La Virgen, Costa Rica 13 Homethes sp. Digital Photo-illustration. Habitus, dorsal aspect, based on specimen ADP 133797 from Australia 14 Lachnaces sp. (at present this genus has three described species, all from the upper Amazon Basin). Digital Photo-illustration. Habitus, dorsal aspect, based on specimen ADP 132578 from Tambopata Reserved Zone, Explorer's Inn, Peru.

Figures 23 - 28. Mouthparts of adults. 23 Eucaerus sp. Mouthparts, ventral aspect, based on specimen ADP 132552 from Pakitza, Peru 24 Euphorticus sp. Mouthparts, ventral aspect, based on specimen ADP 132558 from Tapilula, Mexico 25 Guatemalteca virgen Erwin. Mouthparts, ventral aspect, based on specimen ADP 132546 from nr. La Virgen, Costa Rica 26 Lachnaces sp. Mouthparts, ventral aspect, based on specimen ADP 132578 from Tambopata Reserved Zone, Explorer's Inn, Peru 27 Lachnophorus sp. Mouthparts, ventral aspect, based on specimen ADP 132570 from Pakitza, Peru 28 Pseudophorticus sp. Mouthparts, ventral aspect, based on specimen ADP 132538 from Pakitza, Peru. Legend: a 3 Antennomere 3; mt Mentum tooth; m Mentum; lp 3 Labial palpomere 3; mp 4 Maxillary palpomere 4.