Elonus excavatus Werner, 1992

Gompel, Nicolas, 2017, A review of North American Elonus species, with description of E. gruberi n. sp. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Aderidae), Zootaxa 4338 (3), pp. 533-545 : 539

Elonus excavatus Werner , 199 2

( Figures 1g ; 2f,m; 3f,m,t; 4g; 5)

Elonus excavatus Werner, 1992 : Werner, 1992: 252. Holotype: MCZC [examined, dissected]

Type locality. United States, Arizona, Navajo County, 4 Mi. North Whiteriver.

Distribution. United States (Arizona).

Notes. Distinct from other species by its narrow thorax compared to the elytral width, the kink in the mesotibiae of the males (other species have straight or bowed mesotibiae, with no distinct angular shape), and the conformation of the male genitalia, with the penis short and rounded at the tip (by contrast, most species have a protruding, acuminate penis, often with an apical sinuosity).

Material examined: USA. Arizona: Cochise County, Stronghold, Dragoon Mountains, UV trap (D Chandler, RJ Shaw leg.) 24.VII.1970 (1 ♂, paratype, BMNH); Cochise County , Chiricahua Mountains , S . W. Research Station (CP Alexander leg.) VIII.1957 (1 ♂, MCZC); Gila County, Sierra Ancha, Mts. Ari . (HC Fall leg.) 8.IX.1933 (2 ♂, MCZC, NGPC); Navajo County, 4 Mi. North Whiteriver (F Werner & W Nutting leg.) 22.VII.1948 (1 ♂ holotype, MCZC).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus of Elonus species in dorsal view. a, Elonus basalis (LeConte), ♂, from Wisconsin. b, Elonus gruberi n. sp., ♂ holotype, from Wisconsin. c, Elonus gruberi n. sp., ♀, from Wisconsin. d, Elonus simplex Werner, ♂, from Arizona (paratype). e, Elonus hesperus Werner, ♂, from Mississippi. f, Elonus hesperus Werner, ♀, from Mississippi. g, Elonus excavatus Werner, ♂, from Arizona (holotype). h, Elonus chisosensis Werner, ♂, from Arizona (paratype). d, Elonus nebulosus (LeConte), ♂, from Texas.