Anogdus superans ( Fall, 1910 )

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2013, A revision of the species of Anogdus LeConte of the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae: Leiodini), Insecta Mundi 2013 (290), pp. 1-27 : 14-15

Anogdus superans ( Fall, 1910)

( Fig. 19, 20 , 36 )

Cyrtusa superans Fall, 1910: 7 . Holotype male in MCZC, type number 24025, designated by Daffner 1988: 284; seen by us. Type locality: USA: MASSACHUSETTS: Tyngsboro.

Neocyrtusa superans ; Brown 1937a: 164.

Anogdus superans (Fall) ; Daffner 1988: 284.

Diagnosis. Length (pronotum + elytra) = 2.14–2.74 mm; greatest width = 1.36–1.80 mm. Punctation of head moderately coarse and dense. Antennal club moderately robust; antennomere 7 distinctly narrower than 9 and 10; antennomere 8 narrow, disk-like; apical antennomere slightly narrower than 9 and 10. Sides of pronotum weakly sinuate before broadly obtuse posterior angles. Pronotum finely punctate, punctures separated by 1–3 diameters. Elytral strial punctures round and deep, separated by less than one diameter; interstrial punctures finer than pronotal punctures, distantly spaced; elytral epipleura with short setae. Metasternal anterior margin with a row of moderate-sized, densely spaced punctures; mesosternum laterally rugose. Protarsi and mesotarsi of male bearing white setae ventrally. Male me- sotibia weakly sinuate on inner margin, widened apically; mesotibial process triangular, acute apically, about one-half length of large mesotibial spine. Metafemur moderately to strongly robust; males with a small, acute tooth-like expansion near the apex of the lower margin. Abdominal sternite III with a row of indistinct, small punctures at anterior margin; punctures irregularly spaced on sternites IV–VII. Median lobe of aedeagus ( Fig. 19, 20 ) cylindrical, curved. Parameres slender, nearly reaching apex of median lobe. Internal sac characterized by a median longitudinal sclerotized structure ( Fig. 19, 20 ).

Distribution. Widely distributed in southern Canada east of the Rocky Mountains and south to Colo- rado, and in New England, and Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi ( Fig. 36 ). Previously published distri- butional records in Brown (1937a: 164) and Daffner (1988: 284): CANADA: ALBERTA: Manyberries; MANITOBA: Aweme; ONTARIO: Arnprior; Constance Bay; Mer Bleue bog, near Ottawa; Normandale; Ottawa. USA: MASSACHUSETTS: Midddlesex Co., Lincoln; Needham; Sherborn; Tyngsboro. NEW HAMPSHIRE: Rumney.

New material examined (n=113). CANADA: ALBERTA: 11 km S Empress , sand dunes, 4.VIII.1981, R. S. Anderson, light (1, SBPC) ; MANITOBA: E. of Richer, Sandilands Provincial Forest, Forest Rd. 19, 16.VII.1993, Peck & Roughley, 93–66, car net (14, SBPC) ; Sandilands Provincial Forest , 2 km E Marchand, 10–12, VI.1987, H. & A. Howden, night, 10pm (1, SBPC) ; Ste. Rita, Agassiz Provincial Forest , 21.VII.1993, Peck & Roughley, 93–69, evening car net (7, SBPC) ; Tolstoy-Vita, Rt. 209, 17.VII.1993, Peck & Roughley, 93–67, tallgrass prairie savanna, evening car net (12, SBPC) ; ONTARIO: Hawthorne , 22.VII.1936, W.J. Brown (3, CNCI) ; same data except: 27.VII.1936 (7, CNCI) ; Pelee Island , 28. VI.1940, W.J. Brown (3, CNCI) ; 40 km E Ottawa, Limoges, Larose Forest , 10.VII.1992, S. & J. Peck, 92–300, forest road evening carnetting (6, SBPC) ; Constance Bay , 24, VI.1959, H.F. Howden, malt trap (1, CNCI) ; Kemptville forest , 16.VII.1994, S. Peck, 94–20, evening car net, forest (2, SBPC) ; Limoges forest , 18.VII.1994, S. Peck, 94–21, forest evening car net (3, SBPC) ; Limoges Provincial forest , 31.VII.1994, S. Peck, 94–25, evening forest rd. car net (4, SBPC) ; Nepean, Bruce Pit sands, 1–6.IX.1993, L. Masner, PT (2, SBPC) ; QUEBEC: Johnville , 25. VI.1989, C. Levesque (1, CNCI) ; USA: COLORADO: Larimer Co.: Pawnee National Grassland , 16. VI.1987, Robert Gordon (1, USNM) ; FLORIDA: Alachua Co.: Gainesville , 16.X.1973, R. E. Woodruff, black light trap (1, FSCA) ; W. of Gainesville, Pierce’s Homestead , 24.III.1976, W.H. Pierce, Malaise trap (1, FSCA) ; same data except: 20.III.1976 (1, FSCA) ; same data except: 21.III.1976 (1, FSCA) ; Citrus Co., Brooksville , 27.III.1972, E.J. Kiteley (1, CNCI) ; Highlands Co.: Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid , 12. V.1983, M. Deyrup, UV light trap (1, ABSC) ; same data except: 6–7.XII.1983, Malaise trap (1, ABSC) ; same data except 28.XII.1984 (1, ABSC) ; same data except: 5.XI.1983 (1, ABSC) ; same data except: 17.X.1984 (1, ABSC) ; same data except: 5.III.1988 (1, ABSC) ; same data except: 3.XII.1984 (1, ABSC) ; Highlands Hammock State Park , 14.III.1977, D. Platt, E. Riley, blacklight (2, TAMU) ; same data except 13.III.1977 (1, TAMU) ; Lee Co., Estero , 10.III.1965, B.K. Dozier (1, FSCA) ; Okaloosa Co., Fort Walton Beach , 10.III.1975, E.J. Kiteley (1, CNCI) ; same data except: 22.III.1975 (1, CNCI) ; same data except 27.III.1975 (1, CNCI) ; same data except: 24.II.1981 (1, CNCI) ; same data except: 19.III.1982 (1, CNCI) ; same data except: 17.II.1981 (2, CNCI) ; same data except: 26.II.1982 (1, CNCI) ; same data except: 3.II.1979 (2, CNCI) ; same data except: 8.IV.1975 (2, CNCI) ; same data except: 8.III.1981 (2, CNCI) ; same data except: 25.III.1975 (1, CNCI) ; Osceola Co., Kissimmee , 22.II.1980, E.J. Kiteley (1, CNCI) ; GEORGIA: Chatham Co.: Tybee Island , 8–9.III.1992, P. Skelley, swimming pool (2, FSCA) ; McIntosh Co.: Sapelo Island , IV– V.1987, BRC Hym. Team, MT, open sand dunes (3, SBPC) ; MASSACHUSETTS: Northampton , 31.VII.1969, E.J. Kiteley (1, CNCI) ; same data except: 28.IV.1971 (1, CNCI) ; Middlesex Co., Lincoln , 13–27.VII.1982, E. T. Armstrong, window trap (2, FMNH) ; same data except: 27.VII–10.VIII.1982 (3, FMNH) ; MISSISSIPPI: Jackson Co., Ocean Springs , 7.XII.1930, H. Dietrich (1, FSCA) .

Seasonality. Adults are known throughout most of the year from the months of February to December, and are mostly summer active in the northern part of the distribution, and in the cooler fall to spring months in the south.

Bionomics. The collections are from mostly mixed forest and some from tallgrass prairie savanna, and most frequently on sand soils. Most were collected by malaise trap, flight intercept trap and evening car netting.

Figures

Figure 36. North American distribution of Anogdus secretus (circles), A. superans (triangles), A. rileyi (squares).

Figures 19–32. Aedeagi, dorsal and lateral, of Anogdus species. 19, 20) A. superans. 21, 22) A. alachua. 23, 24) A. cochise. 25, 26) A. huachuca. 27, 28) A. rileyi. 29, 30) A. texanus. 31, 32) A. tridens. Scale line = 0.30 mm for superans, alachua, huachuca, texanus, tridens; 0.35 mm for cochise, rileyi.