Euschaefferia Leng, 1920

Kolibac, Jiri, 2013, Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys, ZooKeys 366, pp. 1-194 : 49-50

Genus Euschaefferia Leng, 1920 Map 5

Euschaefferia Leng, C. W. 1920: 193.

Type species.

Stenodema hicoriae Schaeffer, 1918 [by original designation and monotypy]

Barron, J. R. 1971: 62. Kolibáč, J. 2005: 57. Kolibáč, J. 2006: 116 (phylogeny)

Pseudocotomus Van Dyke, 1944 [type species: Pseudocotomus mclayi Van Dyke, 1944; by original designation]

Van Dyke, E. C. 1944: 153. Barron, J. R. 1971: 62 (synonymized)

Stenodema Schaeffer, 1918 (preoccupied) [type species: Stenodema hicoriae Schaeffer, 1918; by original designation]

Barron, J. R. 1971: 62. Leng, C. W. 1920: 193. Schaeffer, C. F. A. 1918: 193

Description.

Body size: 2.0-3.0 mm. Body shape elongate. Frons: longitudinal groove or depression absent. Labrum-Cranium not fused. Antenna 11-segmented. Antennal club asymmetrical. Pronotum elongate. Elytra: long hairs absent, carinae reduced. Elytral punctation irregular, scales absent. Front tibiae: spines along side reduced. Hooked spur absent in middle and hind tibiae. Claws: denticle absent.

Biology.

Predatory. It was recorded from the galleries of the bark beetle Pseudothysanoes burtoni and has also been reared on the plant Vachellia farnesiana ( Barron 1971).

Distribution.

Belt of the southern states of the USA.

Species:

Euschaefferia hicoriae Schaeffer, 1918; USA: Texas, North Carolina (JRB)

Barron, J. R. 1971: 63. Kolibáč, J. 2005: 57. Schaeffer, C. F. A. 1918: 193

Euschaefferia mclayi Van Dyke, 1944; USA: California (JRB)

Barron, J. R. 1971: 63 (comb). Van Dyke, E. C. 1944: 153. ( Pseudocotomus )

Figures

Map 5. A distribution of the tribe Trogossitini.