Eunemadus Portevin

Peck, Stewart B., Gnaspini, Pedro & Newton, Alfred F., 2020, Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (“ Latin America ”: Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America), Zootaxa 4741 (1), pp. 1-114 : 30

Genus Eunemadus Portevin

Eunemadus Portevin, 1914a: 192 ; Jeannel, 1936: 155 (redescription). Type species: Eunemadus chilensis Portevin (3 species in original description, one as “new”— chilensis , fastidiosa Fairmaire [ Choleva ], brunneicollis Portevin [ Anemadus ]); des. in Hatch, 1928: 208 (not stated as taxonomic change; same 3 species listed).

Distribution: Southern Chile, southwestern Argentina.

Biology: Carrion scavenger in forests.

E. chilensis Portevin, 1914a: 192 ; Jeannel, 1936: 156 (male illustrated, probably a type), 1957: 53, 1962: 518; Szymczakowski, 1965: 246; Salgado, 1992b: 175, 2005b: 211, 2005d: 979, 2006: 102, 2017a: 81. Syntypes (2 male and 1 female, in original description) in DEIC (as “Mus. Dahlem”, in Jeannel, 1936, 1957, 1962). Type locality:“ Chile ”. Distribution: Argentina: Chubut and Río Negro Provinces; Chile: Arauco, Biobío, Cautín, Chiloé, Concepción, Llanquihue, Malleco, Ñuble, Osorno, Palena, Santiago, Talca, Valdivia, and Valparaiso Provinces.

Note: Salgado (1992b: 175) cited that Portevin, 1914 recorded this species from “near Santiago”, but Portevin referred only to “ Chile ”; Jeannel (1936: 156) mentioned “surely from the region of Santiago”, but not referring to Portevin’s types.