Nemozoma Latreille, 1804

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Genus Nemozoma Latreille, 1804 Figs 7 , 15 ; Map 5

Nemozoma Latreille, P. A. 1804: 239.

Type species.

Dermestes elongatus Linnaeus, 1760 [by monotypy]

Léveillé, A. 1910: 5. Barron, J. R. 1971: 45. Crowson, R. A. 1964a: 299. Kolibáč, J. 2005: 72 (redescription). Kolibáč, J. 2006: 111 (phylogeny). Kolibáč, J. 2007a: 364. Kolibáč, J. et al. 2005: 31+135 (key). Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 139 (subgen. Nemosoma s.str.). Lucht, W. 1998: 207 (key). Mamaev, B. M. 1976: 1652 (larvae). Nikitsky, N. B. 1974: 563. Reitter, E. 1876: 13

Aponemosoma Lepesme & Paulian, 1944 (subgenus) [type species: Nemosoma caucasicum Ménétries, 1832; by original designation]

Barron, J. R. 1971: 45 (synonymized). Kolibáč, J. 2007a: 364. Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 139 ( Nemosoma subgen. Aponemosoma )

Cylidrella Sharp, 1891 [type species: Cylidrellamollis Sharp, 1891; by monotypy]

Léveillé, A. 1910: 6. Barron, J. R. 1971: 52. Kolibáč, J. 2005: 72 (synonymized). Kolibáč, J. 2007a: 364

Monesoma Léveillé, 1894 (subgenus) [type species: Nemosoma cornutum Sturm, 1826; by original designation]

Léveillé, A. 1910: 6 (subgenus). Barron, J. R. 1971: 45 (= Sturmia Ragusa, 1892). Kolibáč, J. 2007a: 364. Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 139 (synonymized)

Nemosomia Reitter, 1876 [type species: Nemosomia vorax Reitter, 1876; by original designation]

Léveillé, A. 1910: 4. Barron, J. R. 1971: 45. Kolibáč, J. 2007a: 364. Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 139 (subgenus). Reitter, E. 1876: 11

Paranemosoma Lepesme & Paulian, 1944 (subgenus) [type species: Nemosoma punctatum Léveillé, 1886; by original designation]

Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 139. Kolibáč, J. 2007a: 364

Sturmia Ragusa, 1892 [type species: Nemosoma cornutum Sturm, 1826; by original designation]

Barron, J. R. 1971: 45 (preoccupied, synonymized with Monesoma ). Kolibáč, J. 2007a: 364

Pseudalindria Fall, 1910 [type species: Pseudalindria fissiceps Fall, 1910; by original designation]

Barron, J. R. 1971: 45. Fall, H. C. 1910: 126. Kolibáč, J. 2007a: 364

Description.

Body size: about 2.5-5.0 mm. Body shape elongate. Gular sutures wide, convergent at apex. Frontoclypeal suture absent. Frons: longitudinal groove or depression present. Cranium ventrally: tufts of long setae at sides present. Submentum: ctenidium absent. Antennal groove present. Eyes: size flat. Eyes number: two. Epicranial acumination moderate. Lacinial hooks absent. Galea: shape elongate. Galea: ciliate setae present. Mediostipes-Lacinia fused together. Palpifer: outer edge even. Mandibular apical teeth number: two, vertically situated. Mola absent. Penicillus (at base) absent. Pubescence above mola or cutting edge absent. Ventral furrow present. Basal notch moderate. Labrum-Cranium not fused. Epipharyngial sclerite present. Lateral tormal process: projection projection not developed (all remaining). Ligula: ciliate setae present. Ligula membranous, not retroflexed, deeply emarginate. Hypopharyngeal sclerite absent. Antenna 11-segmented or 10-segmented. Antennal club asymmetrical, sensorial fields present. Front coxal cavities externally closed, internally open. Pronotum elongate. Prepectus absent. Middle coxal cavities open. Elytra: long hairs absent. Epipleuron thin. Elytral interlocking mechanism present, carinae reduced. Elytral punctation regular, scales absent. Wing: radial cell open (outer vein present), wedge cell absent, cross vein MP3-4 present, cross vein AA1+2-3+4 absent. Front tibiae: spines along side large. Hooked spur present. Claws: denticle absent. Parasternites number along ventrites III-VII: one. Spiculum gastrale absent. Tegmen composed of three parts. Coxitae undivided.

Larva: Frontal arms V-shaped. Epicranial stem reduced. Endocarina present. Gular sutures conspicuous, parallel. Gula: anterior apodemes absent. Paragular sclerites present. Stemmata number: five. Mandibular apical teeth number: one tooth. Lacinia mandibulae with several small spines. Mola absent. Maxillary palpi 3-segmented. Palpifer absent. Pedunculate seta present. Mala simple. Mala: bidentate protrusion absent. Cardo: size much smaller than stipes. Ligula absent. Labial palpi 2-segmented. Prementum in single part, anterior margin with notch. Antennal joints 1 and 2 elongate. Sensory appendix medium sized (to half of joint 3). Thoracic sclerites pattern (dorsally) 1-2-2. Thoracic sclerites pattern (ventrally) 3+1+1. Trochanter triangular. Abdominal segment IX not divided. Tergite IX flat. Urogomphi present, hooked; median process absent.

Biology.

Predatory. Adults live together with larvae under the bark of deciduous and coniferous trees and shrubs, hunting especially for bark beetles.

Distribution.

From Brazil to Canada, Europe including European part of Russia, Near East (Turkey, Syria), North Africa. No records are known from Asia east of Caucasus.

Species:

Nemozoma alasanicum Fursov, 1930; Georgia (varA)

Fursov, N. I. 1930: 183. Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 140 (subgen. Nemosoma s. str.)

Nemozoma attenuatum Van Dyke, 1915; USA: California, Washington (JRB)

Barron, J. R. 1971: 47. Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 140 ( Nemosoma s.str.). Sakamoto, J. M. 2007: 342 (distribution). Van Dyke, 1915: 26

Nemozoma brasiliense Léveillé, 1900; Brazil: Jatahy (varA)

Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 138 (combined from Monesoma )

Nemozoma breviatum Peyerimhoff, 1918; Algeria (varA)

Peyerimhoff, P. M., de 1918: 329. Hallan, J. 2007-2012: http://insects.tamu.edu (syn. of Nemozoma elongatum ?). Kolibáč, J. 2009: 128

Note: Brustel, H. (pers. comm., 2011) newly recorded 15 specimens from North Africa; he compared Palaearctic species and found Nemozoma breviatum valid.

Nemozoma caucasicum Ménétries, 1832; Austria, Poland, SW Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, „Caucasus” (varA)

Léveillé, A. 1910: 6 ( Monesoma ). Hilszczanski, J. 2006: 29. Klausnitzer, B. 1996: 148 (larva). Kolibáč, J. 1993b: 90. Kolibáč, J. 1993a: 19, 21. Kolibáč, J. 2007a: 364 (syn. Nemozoma fasciicole Hampe, 1864). Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 141 ( Aponemosoma ). Mamaev, B. M. 1976: 1653 (larva). Milkowski, M. & Wojas, T. 2008: 172 (distribution). Nikitsky, N. B. 1974: 566 (larva). Pankow, W. 2010: 87 (distribution). Reitter, E. 1876: 13

Kolosov,? 1931: 116 (syn. Nemosoma curtulum Fursov, 1930); "Chernyi les" (varA)

Fursov, N. I. 1930: 182 ( Nemosoma curtulum Fursov, 1930; synonymized by Kolosov 1931: 116 after Hallan 2007-2012; reference not found)

Nemozoma championi Wickham, 1916; Western USA: Colorado, New Mexico (JRB)

Barron, J. R. 1971: 52 ( Cylidrella ). Wickham, 1916: 147

Nemozoma cornutum Sturm, 1826; SW Russia, Ukraine, „Caucasus” (varA)

Léveillé, A. 1910: 6. Klausnitzer, B. 1996: 148 (larva). Kolibáč, J. 2007a: 364. Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 140 ( Nemosoma s.str.). Mamaev, B. M. 1976: 1654 (larva). Moragues, G. 1981: 262-263 (distribution). Nikitsky, N. B. 1974: 566 (larva). Reitter, E. 1876: 14. Sarikaya, O. & Avci, M. 2009: 253-264 (biology)

Nemozoma cupressi Van Dyke, 1944; USA: Nothern coast of California (JRB)

Barron, J. R. 1971: 51. Van Dyke, E. C. 1944: 147, 149

Nemozoma cylindricolle Fursov, 1930; Georgia (varA)

Fursov, N. I. 1930: 182. Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 140 ( Nemosoma s.str.)

Nemozoma elongatum Linnaeus, 1761; Europe, Syria, Turkey, Tunisia (JK)

Léveillé, A. 1910: 5. Baader, E. J. 1989: 1 (biology). Bahillo de la Puebla P. & López-Colón, J. I. 2004: 129. Baier, P. 1994: 51 (biology). Baier, P. 1991: 421 (biology). Borowiec, L. 1983: 8. Burakowski, B., Mroczkowski, M. & Stefanska, J. 1986: 115. Conrad, R. 1995: 190-195 (contribution). Cunev, J. 1999: 76. Dippel, C. 1991: 473 (biology). Dippel, C. 1995: 67 (biology). Dippel, C. 1996: 391 (biology). Dippel, C. et al. 1997: 161 (biology). Gobbi, G. 1983: 52. Gueorguiev, B. et al. 2003: 107 (distribution). Heuer, H. & Vite, J. P. 1984a: 214 (biology). Heuer, H. & Vite, J. P. 1984b: 586 (biology). Hallan, J. 2007-2012: 4 (syn. Nemosoma breviatum Peyrimhoff, 1918?). Klausnitzer, B. 1976: 5. Klausnitzer, B. 1978: 176. Klausnitzer, B. 1996: 146 (larva). Kolibáč, J. 1993a: 21. Kolibáč, J. 1993b: 90. Kolibáč, J. 1996: 473. Kolibáč, J. 2005: 72 (redescription). Kolibáč, J. 2007a: 365 (syn. Nemozoma fasciatum Panzer, 1796; in Colydium ). Kolibáč, J. 2007a: 364 (syn. Nemozoma corsicum Reitter, 1876). Kolibáč, J. 2007a: 365 (syn. Nemozoma siculum Ragusa, 1891). Kolibáč, J. 2007a: 365 (syn. Nemozoma syriacum Pic, 1901). Kolibáč, J. 2007a: 365 (syn. Nemozoma elongatum var. tuniseum Pic, 1900). Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 140 ( Nemosoma s.str.). Mamaev, B. M. 1976: 1654 (larva). Mitter, H. 1998: 559. Nikitsky, N. B. 1974: 566 (larva). Peyrimhoff, 1918: 329 ( Nemozoma breviatum ; valid species: H. Brustel, pers. comm. 2011). Pileckis, S. & V. Monsevičius 1995: 271. Reitter, E. 1876: 13 (syn. Nemozoma corsicum Ratti, E. 1997: 179. Reitter, 1876; synonymized by Léveillé 1889: 8). Skatulla, U. & Feicht, E. 1992: 4 (biology). Szafraniec, S. 1997: 207 (distribution). Vogt, H. 1967: 15. Wigger, H. 1993: 68 (biology). Wigger, H. 1994: 8 (biology). Wigger, H. 1996: 55 (biology)

Nemozoma fissiceps Fall, 1910; USA: California, Oregon (JRB)

Barron, J. R. 1971: 49. Fall, H. C. 1910: 127

Nemozoma gounellei Léveillé, 1894; Brazil (AL)

Léveillé, A. 1910: 6

Nemozoma landesi Léveillé, 1901; Martinica (AL)

Léveillé, A. 1910: 4. Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 139 (subgen. Nemosomia )

Nemozoma maculata Dajoz, 1991; USA (AD)

Dajoz, R. 1991: 245 ( Cylidrella )

Nemozoma mollis Sharp, 1891; Guatemala (AL)

Léveillé, A. 1910: 6 ( Cylidrella ). Kolibáč, J. 2005: 73 (redescription, combination)

Nemozoma picta Léveillé, 1889; Brazil (AL)

Léveillé, A. 1910: 4 ( Nemosomia )

Nemozoma pujoli Léveillé, 1902; Brazil (AL)

Léveillé, A. 1910: 4

Nemozoma punctatum Léveillé, 1888; Brazil (AL)

Léveillé, A. 1910: 6. Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 140

Nemozoma punctulata Van Dyke, 1920; Canada: British Columbia to USA: California (JRB)

Barron, J. R. 1971: 49. Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 140. Van Dyke, E. C. 1916: 71, 72 (described as punctatum). Van Dyke, E. C. 1920: 85 (jun. homonym; renamed)

Nemozoma schwarzi Schaeffer, 1918; USA: Arizona, California (JRB)

Barron, J. R. 1971: 48. Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 140 ( Nemosoma s.str.). Schaeffer, C. F. A. 1918: 191 (subgen. Monesoma )

Nemozoma signatum Sharp, 1891; Guatemala (AL)

Léveillé, A. 1910: 6

Nemozoma simoni Léveillé, 1889; Venezuela (AL)

Léveillé, A. 1910: 4 ( Nemosomia ). Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 140

Nemozoma vorax Reitter, 1876; Columbia (AL)

Léveillé, A. 1910: 4 ( Nemosomia ). Lepesme, P. & Paulian, R. 1944: 141. Reitter, E. 1876: 12 ( Nemosomia )

Figures

Map 5. A distribution of the tribe Trogossitini.

Figure 7. A Eupycnus lentus B Melambia crenicollis C Melambia striata D Leipaspis lauricola E Nemozoma cornutum F Nemozoma elongatum G Nemozoma caucasicum H Parallelodera quadraticollis I Temnoscheila pini.

Figure 15. A-B Nemozoma elongatum (A cranium with longidutinal groove B detail of elongate punctures) C-D Peltis ferruginea (C elytral apex D antennal club, hooked spur and protarsus with large 5 th tarsomere) E-G Phloiophilus edwardsi (E metatarsal claws and empodium F projecting procoxae G ventral surface).