Sesaspis denticulata (Solier) RESTORED COMBINATION

Foley, Ian A. & Ivie, Michael A., 2008, A phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Zopherini with a review of the species and generic classification (Coleoptera: Zopheridae), Zootaxa 1928 (1), pp. 1-72 : 33

Sesaspis denticulata (Solier) RESTORED COMBINATION

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Nosoderma denticulatum Solier, 1841: 33 . García-París et al., 2006: 229.

Sesaspis denticulata ; Casey, 1907b: 469. Gebien, 1936: 669. Blackwelder, 1945: 514.

Verodes denticulatus ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 71.

Nosoderma sylvaticum ; (in part); García-París et al., 2006: 222.

Diagnosis: Vestiture similar to S. emarginata , consisting of dense bristle-like setae, but with the elytral ridges arcuate rather than straight and strongly parallel, and with femoral nodules present in the male. Additionally, the elytral apex is only slightly emarginate, the nodule at the start of apical declivity is weak and connected to a ridge. These characters will distinguish this species from other members of Sesaspis with obvious elytral sculpture.

Distribution: Northeastern Mexico in high elevation cloud forests of the Sierra Madre Oriental between 750–2050m.

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 21 specimens examined is MEXICO: HIDALGO: NUEVO LEON: Chipinque Mesa. TAMAULIPAS: Gómez Farías .

Types: Nosoderma denticulata : HOLOTYPE ♂ intact in MNHN. Small green square Denti-;culatum/ green circle nosoderm.; denticulata.; May Sol.; Det. 61/red rectangle TYPE/ Solier-9641-34; Mus. Paris/ denticulatum Sol 33, 1 Mex/ hand written nosoderma; denticulatum; Sol.; mexique; on backside of same label microglossa; denticulata Sol ; mexique (m. gory.).

Figures

FIGURES 16–19. Dorsal habiti. 16. Scoriaderma cordicolle, Tanzania; 17. Sesaspis denticulata, Mexico, Nuevo Leon; 18. Sesaspis ashei, Mexico, Hidalgo; 19. Sesaspis doyeni, Mexico, Nuevo Leon. Space bar = 5mm.