Verodes championi (Casey)

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 : 57-58

Verodes championi (Casey)

Fig. 67

Nosoderma championi Casey, 1907b: 476 . Gebien, 1936: 669. Blackwelder, 1945: 514. García-París et al., 2006: 229. Verodes championi ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 70.

Diagnosis: This species is similar in general appearance to V. inaequalis , but can be distinguished from that species by having 6 distinct nodules in the apical half of the elytra not connected to ridges versus 3 or 4 in V. inaequalis .

Distribution: Mexico: Guerrero, Oaxaca and Veracruz.

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 9 specimens examined is MEXICO: GUERRERO , OAX- ACA, VERACRUZ .

Types: Nosoderma championi : LECTOTYPE, here designated: ♂, intact in NMNH. Mex./ Casey; bequest; 1925/ Type NMNH; 46388/ championi; Csy./ red rectangle label Lectotype; Nosoderma ; championi ; ♂ Casey, 1907; desg. Foley & Ivie ’07. PARALECTOTYPES, here designated: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, in NMNH. Guer./ Casey; bequest; 1925/ championi 2 & 3; Paratype NMNH; 46388/ blue rectangle label Paralectotype; Nosoderma ; championi ; Casey, 1907; desg. Foley & Ivie ’07.

Notes: One of only two apparently valid species described by Casey in the Zopherini . Besides the types, 6 additional specimens ( BMNH) were examined that show the same distinct morphological pattern .

Figures

FIGURES 65–68. Dorsal habiti. 65. Verodes impressus, Mexico, Veracruz; 66. V. carinatus, Mexico, Veracruz; 67. V. championi, Mexico, Oaxaca;68. V. aequalis, Mexico, Oaxaca. Scale bar = 5 mm.