Scotocryptus cortinorum, Davis & Gonzalez, 2008: 163

Peck, Stewart B., Gnaspini, Pedro & Newton, Alfred F., 2020, Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (“ Latin America ”: Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America), Zootaxa 4741 (1), pp. 1-114 : 88

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4741.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2F901615-D948-4C68-81E9-75282F594BAF

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3797265

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Scotocryptus cortinorum
status

 

S. cortinorum Davis & Gonzalez, 2008: 163 View in CoL .

Holotype male in UNCB.

Type locality: Cunday, 4°00’33.5” N 74°44’21.5” W, 470 m, Tolima Department, Colombia.

Distribution: Colombia: Tolima Department: known only from type locality. Biology: Davis & Gonzalez, 2008 (in nests of Melipona fuscipes Friese ).

Note: This species was not originally assigned to subgenus, but we understand that the authors intended to assign it to the subgenus Scotocryptus , and it fits the diagnostic characters of this subgenus.

Davis, S. R. & Gonzalez, V. H. (2008) Two new species of the melittophilous beetle Scotocryptus (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) associated with colonies of Melipona fuscipes (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Colombia. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 55, 161 - 166. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 200800014

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Leiodidae

SubFamily

Coloninae

Tribe

Scotocryptini

Genus

Scotocryptus

SubGenus

Scotocryptus