Epopterus 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 : 23-24

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Epopterus Chevrolat View in CoL View at ENA in Dejean, 1836: 439.

Type species: Erotylus ocellatus Olivier, 1791 .

Neotropical genus with 64 species distributed from south México to South America . According to Bousquet (2004) the name Epopterus was first validated by Chevrolat (1836) in the fifth livrasion of Dejean's second edition of his catalogue, not by Chevrolat in 1844, as previously thought. One species with two subspecies in México.

52. E. partitus partitus Gerstaecker, 1858 .

Epopterus partitus Gerstaecker, 1858: 277 ; Gorham 1890: 130; Blackwelder 1945: 439. Epopterus partitus partitus Strohecker, 1953: 63 ; Strohecker 1997: 160.

Type locality: México: Yucatán.

Type material: lectotype in BMNH.

Distribution: México: YUC; Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá

53. E. partitus maculosus Gorham, 1890 .

Epopterus ocellatus maculosus Gorham, 1890: 129 ; Blackwelder 1945: 439.

Epopterus partitus maculosus Arrow, 1920: 48 ; Strohecker 1953: 63; Strohecker 1997: 160.

Type locality: Nicaragua: Chontales.

Type material: lectotype in BMNH.

Distribution: México: TAB; Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua.

References

Arrow, G. J. (1920) A contribution to the classification of the coleopterous family Endomychidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1 - 83, pl. 1.

Blackwelder, R. E. 1945. Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, The West Indies, and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 185, 343 - 550.

Bousquet, Y. (2004) The works of P. F. M. A. Dejean, with emphasis on publication dates and new carabid taxa proposed. Fabreries, 29 (1), 33 - 48.

Chevrolat L. A. A. In Dejean, P. F. M. A. (1836) Catalogue des Coleopteres de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Meguignon-Marvis, Paris. 443 pp.

Gerstaecker, A. (1858) Monographie der Endomychiden, einer Familie der Coleopteren. In: Gerstaecker A., Entomographien. Abhandlugen in Bereich der Gliederthiere, mit besonderer Benutzung der Koenigl. Entomologischen Sammlung zu Berlin. Erster Band. W. Engelmann, Leipzig. XIV + pp. 433, 3 pls.

Strohecker, H. F. (1953) Coleoptera Fam. Endomychidae. In, Wytsman P. (ed.), Genera Insectorum. Desmet-Verneuil, Brussels, 140 pp.

Strohecker, H. F. (1997) An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the genera Anidrytus Gerstaecker and Epopterus Chevrolat, with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera, Endomychidae). Insecta Mundi, 11 (2), 158 - 188.