Ephebus 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 : 17-18

Ephebus Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836: 439.

Type species: Ephebus cardinalis Gerstaecker, 1858 .

A Neotropical genus with 9 species distributed from Central México to South America . There is little information regarding the habits of these beetles. A larva tentatively identified as Ephebus was described by McHugh & Pakaluk (1997).

According to Bousquet (2004) the name Ephebus was first validated by Chevrolat (1836) in the fifth release of Dejean's second edition of his catalogue, not by Gerstaecker (1858) as previously suggested. One species in México.

31. E. sulcatus Strohecker, 1975 . Figs. 9 , 24 .

Ephebus sulcatus Strohecker, 1975: 336 .

Type locality: México: Veracruz, Coyame, Lago Catemaco. Type material: holotype in FSCA.

Distribution: México: VER, QRO*; Colombia.

The first record of this species for the State Querétaro is based on a specimen collected with a flight intercept trap.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 14. Distribution maps. 9, Anidrytus mexicanus Strohecker (circles), Anidrytus nitidularius Gerstaecker (triangle), Ephebus sulcatus Strohecker (stars), Epopterus partitus maculosus Gorham (square). 10, Epipocus brunneus Gorham (triangles), Epipocus cinctus LeConte (circles). 11, Epipocus gorhami Strohecker (circles), Epipocus subcostatus Gorham (triangles). 12, Epipocus longicornis Gerstaecker. 13, Epipocus punctatus LeConte (triangles, darker gray, including dubious record from DGO), Epipocus unicolor Horn (circles, lighter gray). 14, Epipocus tibialis (Chevrolat). Shading indicates state record (s) only.

FIGURES 23 – 26. Endomychidae species recorded from México. 23, Anidrytus mexicanus Strohecker (6.3 mm). 24, Ephebus sulcatus Strohecker (4.9 mm). 25, Epipocus subcostatus Gorham (10.8 mm). 26, Trochoideus mexicanus Strohecker (4.3 mm).