Verodes zunilensis (Champion)

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 : 63

Verodes zunilensis (Champion)

Fig. 63

Nosoderma zunilense Champion, 1884: 46 , pl. 2, fig. 10. García-París et al., 2006: 230.

Nosoderma zunilensis ; Casey, 1907b: 481.

Noserodes zunilensis ; Gebien, 1936: 670. Blackwelder, 1945: 515.

Verodes zunilensis ; Foley and Ivie, 2007: 71 .

Diagnosis: This species and V. guatemalensis can be distinguished from all other members of the genus by having a large lateral subapical nodule that is continuous with the lateral margin of the elytron. Verodes zunilensis can be distinguished from V. guatemalensis by having two distinct median subapical nodules versus a single nodule in V. guatemalensis . The apex of the elytra is also more deeply emarginate in V. zunilensis .

Distribution: Montane wet forests of Honduras.

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 9 specimens examined is HONDURAS: COMAYAGUA, OCOTEPEQUE, OLANCHO .

Types: Nosoderma zunilense : LECTOTYPE: ♀, missing left meta leg in BMNH. Orange ringed circle Type/ Cerro Zunil, 4000ft.; Champion./ Nosoderma zunilense Champ ; MS-Sp. Figured./ B.C.A.Col.IV.1.; Nosoderma zunilense / red square Lectotypus Nosoderma ; zunilense ; Champion; García-París des 2000. PARALECTOTYPE: ♀, intact in BMNH. El Zumbador, 2500ft.; Champion./ Nosoderma ; zunilense Champ MS ; B.C.A.Col.IV.1. Nosoderma zunilense / pink F on white square/ red square Paralectotipo Nosoderma ; zunilense ; Champion; García-París et al det. 2002.

Notes: See notes under V. guatemalensis .

Figures

FIGURES 61–64. Dorsal habiti. 61. Verodes interruptus, Mexico, Oaxaca; 62. V. sparsus, Guatemala; 63. V. zunilensis, Mexico, Chiapas; 64. V. guatemalensis, Mexico, Chiapas. Scale bars = 5mm.