Sesaspis lutosa (Champion) Foley & Ivie, 2008

Foley, Ian A. & Ivie, Michael A., 2008, A phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Zopherini with a review of the species and generic classification (Coleoptera: Zopheridae), Zootaxa 1928 (1), pp. 1-72 : 33-34

Sesaspis lutosa (Champion) NEW COMBINATION

Fig. 28

Nosoderma lutosa Champion, 1884: 46 .

Noserodes lutosus ; Gebien, 1936: 670.

Noserodes lutosa ; Blackwelder, 1945: 515.

Nosoderma lutosum ; García-París et al., 2006: 230.

Verodes lutosus ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 71 .

Diagnosis: Similar to S. sylvatica , but distinguished by the non-prominent posterior angles of the pronotum, and bifid tubercle at the elytral apex. See discussion of S. sylvatica below.

Distribution: Southcentral Mexico.

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 4 specimens examined is MEXICO: OAXACA: VER- ACRUZ .

Types: Nosoderma lutosum : LECTOTYPE ♂, intact in BMNH. Orange ringed circle Type/Orizaba-Mexico.; Salle Coll./ Nosoderma lutosum ,; Champ. MS/1674 light blue square/ Phellopsis sp. Salle/Sp. Figured/ B.C.A.Col.IV.1.; Nosoderma lutosum /red square Lectotypus; Nosoderma ; lutosum ; Champion; García-París des 2000. PARALECTOTYPE ♀, intact in BMNH. Same data as LECTOTYPE except no type or 1674 label.

Figures

FIGURES 26–29. Dorsal habiti. 26. Sesaspis triplehorni, Belize; 27. S. emarginata, Texas, Comal Co.; 28. S. lutosa, Mexico, Oaxaca; 29. S. sylvatica, Mexico, Tamaulipas. Scale bar = 5mm.