Corynomalus Chevrolat

Arriaga-Varela, Emmanuel, Tomaszewska, Wioletta & Navarrete-Heredia, José Luis, 2007, A synopsis of the Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of México, Zootaxa 1594, pp. 1-38 : 12-13

Corynomalus Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836: 439.

Type species: Corynomalus tarsatus Erichson, 1847 .

A Neotropical genus with 49 species distributed from southern México to South America . Strohecker (1980) made a generic revision. A species from Costa Rica seems to feed on lichens. Tomaszewska (2005) provided a detailed generic description.

According to Bousquet (2004) the name Corynomalus was first validated by Chevrolat (1836: 439) in the fifth release of Dejean's second edition of his catalogue and has priority over the widely used name Amphix Laporte (1840) . Based on this argument, we include the single Mexican species in the genus Corynomalus instead of Amphix .

15. C. perforatus Gerstaecker, 1857 . Figs. 5 , 21 .

Corynomalus perforatus Gerstaecker, 1857: 238 .

Corynomalus dentatus Gorham, 1889: 117 (nec Gerstaecker). Amphix perforatus: Blackwelder 1945: 437 ; Strohecker 1953: 88; Strohecker 1980: 25. Amphix dentatus: Blackwelder 1945: 437 (in part).

Type locality: Guyane: Cayenne.

Type material: lectotype in MNHUB.

Distribution: México: CHIS, OAX *, VER. Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyane.

This species has been collected from 40 to 750 meters above sea level in July and August.

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 8. Distribution maps. 3, Bystus limbatus (Gorham). 4, Archipines intricata (Gorham). 5, Corynomalus perforatus Gerstaecker. 6, Stenotarsus latipes Arrow. 7, Stenotarsus marginalis Arrow. 8, Stenotarsus rubrocinctus Gerstaecker. Shading indicates state record (s) only.

FIGURES 19 – 22. Endomychidae species recorded from México. 19, Holoparamecus gabrielae Rücker (1.1 mm). 20, Archipines intricata (Gorham) (3.8 mm). 21, Corynomalus perforatus Gerstaecker (7.2 mm). 22, Stenotarsus latipes Arrow (4.8 mm).