Agathidium difficile, Matthews, 1887: 76

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 : 69

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.4472492

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Agathidium difficile
status

 

A. difficile Matthews, 1887: 76 View in CoL ;

Hlisnikovský, 1964a: 232; Miller & Wheeler, 2005b: 163 (lectotype designation). No information about types given in original description;

Lectotype female (designated in Miller & Wheeler, 2005b; who mentioned number of specimens not given in original description, one single specimen available for study) in BMNH.

Type locality: Cerro de Plumas [= Cerro de Palmas, in Veracruz State, according to Selander & Vaurie (1962), but as Mexico State in Miller & Wheeler (2005b), without explanation], Mexico.

Distribution: Mexico: Veracruz State: known only from type locality.

Note: The species is of uncertain status because the lectotype is a female.

Hlisnikovsky, J. (1964 a) Monographische bearbeitung der gattung Agathidium Panzer (Coleoptera). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Prague, Supplementum 5, 3 - 239.

Matthews, A. (1887 - 88) Fam. Silphidae. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insects. Coleoptera. Vol. 2 (1). Taylor & Francis, London, pp. 72 - 101, pl. 3.

Miller, K. B. & Wheeler, Q. D. (2005 b) Slime-mold beetles of the genus Agathidium Panzer in North and Central America, Part II. Coleoptera: Leiodidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 291, 1 - 167. https: // doi. org / 10.1206 / 0003 - 0090 (2005) 291 <0001: SBOTGA> 2.0. CO; 2

Selander, R. B. & Vaurie, P. (1962) A gazetteer to accompany the Insecta volumes of the Biologia Centrali-Americana . American Museum Novitates, 2099, 1 - 70.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Leiodidae

SubFamily

Coloninae

Genus

Agathidium