Notiobia cephalus (Casey) Shpeley, Danny, 2001

Shpeley, Danny, 2001, The Taxonomic Status Of Notiobia Cephalus (Casey) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 55 (1), pp. 113-120 : 117-118

Notiobia cephalus (Casey) , new status

Anisotarsus cephalus Casey, 1914: 215 . Type material: Holotype female, labelled: ‘‘ Fla’ ’, ‘‘ Casey bequest 1925’’, ‘‘TYPE USNM 47978’’, ‘‘ cephalus Csy. ’’ (USNM). van Emden, 1953: 544. Type locality: here restricted to Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida.

Anisotarsus tenuitarsus Casey, 1914: 215 . Type material: Lectotype male, labelled: ‘‘Fla’’, ‘‘Casey bequest 1925’’, ‘‘TYPE USNM 47979’’, ‘‘tenuitarsus Csy’’, ‘‘ LECTOTYPE Anisotarsus tenuitarsus Casey By G. R. Noonan’’ (USNM). Type locality: Lake Worth , Florida, as originally cit­ ed. NEW SYNONYMY.

Notes About Type Material. After studying the holotype of Anisotarsus cephalus Casey, I reject Noonan’s (1973:305) synonymy, and accept van Emdem’s (l.c.) opinion recognizing this as a valid species based on external morphological differences. Also, the lectotype of Anisotarsus tenuitarsus Casey is not conspecific with N. nitidipennis as proposed by Noonan, but is conspecific with N. cephalus , as proposed by van Emdem (l.c.).

Comparison. Specimens of this species are separated from those of N. nitidipennis by a combination of three character states (supported by ratios) and locality: head wide (Hw/Pw = 0.714 –0.786; Hw/SBL = 0.265 –0.299); gena wide (Gw/Sw = 0.818 –1.091); pronotum wide (Pl/Pw = 0.618 –0.657); and from a locality in Florida. Additionally, males have 2 pairs of setae on abdominal sternum VII.

See Table 1 for data about variation in selected values of body proportions for this species (Floridian sample). The difference in head width between the two species is readily evident in Figure 3.

Geographical Distribution. This species is restricted to the Florida peninsula, where it probably originated, and is thus another Floridian precinctive species (Frank and McCoy 1990: 5).

Material Examined. A total of 35 specimens, including the types, was examined. Non­type material was seen from the following localities: U.S.A. Florida. Male , Haulorer ( USNM) . Alachua Co. Gainesville, 3517 NM 10TH AVE, blacklight trap, R.E. Woodruff : female, 17.V.1993 (Woodruff­FSCA); male, 26.V.1993 (Woodruff­FSCA); 2 females, 30.V.1993 (Woodruff­FSCA); male, female, 31.V.1993 (Woodruff­FSCA); female, 1.VI.1993 (Woodruff­ FSCA) ; female, 6.VI.1993 (Woodruff­FSCA); 3 males, female, 7.VI.1993 (Woodruff­FSCA); female, 8.VI.1993 (Woodruff­FSCA); female, 9.VI.1993 (Woodruff­FSCA); male, 10.VI.1993 (Woodruff­FSCA). Indian River Co. Vero Beach, ERC, u­v light, J.H. Frank : 5 males, 6.III.1973 ( UASM) ; female, 7.III.1973 ( UASM) ; female, 4.IX.1973 ( UASM) . Manatee Co. Oneco, 3.IV.1954, G.E. Ball ( UASM) . Martin Co. 2 males, female, in rotting stump, 6.IX.1961, H.V. Weems, Jr. ( FSCA) . Palm Beach Co. Female, Lake Worth , 5.VI ( USNM) [det. Anisotarsus cephalus Csy. by van Emdem]. Sarasota Co. Male, Myakka R. St. Pk., under bark of oak, 13.VIII.1953, H.V. Weems, Jr. ( FSCA) . Seminole Co. Male, 11 km w Longwood , Wekiwa Spring State Park vicinity, 7.III.1992, R.E. Aciavatti ( CMNH) . Volusia Co. 2 females, Enterprise ( USNM) .