Lithocharodes floridanus ( LECONTE, 1880 )

Irmler, Ulrich, 2021, The Neotropical species of the genus Lithocharodes SHARP, 1876 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Xantholinini), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 71 (1), pp. 29-85 : 44

Lithocharodes floridanus ( LECONTE, 1880)

Figs 45 B , 49 E

Metaponcus floridanus LECONTE, 1880: 170

Lithocharodes floridanus ( LECONTE, 1880) in SMETANA (1982)

Material examined: Bahamas: Andros Island, N Blanket Sound, Forfar F. Stn., litter costal coppice, Berlese method, 4 females, 25.4.1994, leg. R. Anderson, BAHA94001 (3 KNHM, 1 UIC); same location but Church’s Blue hole, 1.7 mi E Love Hill, high interior coppice litter, female, 26.4.1994, leg. R. Anderson, BAH1A94008 ( KNHM) .

Remarks: The species is sufficiently described in SMETANA’S (1982) work on the Xantholininae north of Mexico. SMETANA (1982) only mentioned the occurrence in Florida ( USA) but the species also occurs in the northeastern region of the Neotropics such as the Bahamas and Cuba ( PECK 2005). SMETANA (1982) described the species as uniformly testaceous to testaceo-brunneous. Within the material from the Bahamas a nearly blackish specimen was present. Among the neotropical species, L. floridanus can be distinguished by the small size and the long second antennomere, which is longer than the third.

Figures

Fig. 45: Head of L. curtipennis (A), L. floridanus (B), L. dubiosa (C) L. trinitatis (D), L. bierigi (E), L. clavicornis (F). L. bicolor (G), L. compacta (H), L. elegans (I), L. flohri (J), L. surinamensis (K); scale bar: 0.5 mm.

Fig. 49: Fore-bodyof:Lithocharodes denticulata(A),L. fusciventris (B),L. bicornis(C),L. sordida(D),L. floridanus (E),L. dubiosa (F), L. trinitatis (G), L. bierigi (H), L. clavicornis (I), L. compacta (J); scale bare: 0.5 mm.