Sesaspis doyeni (García-París, Coca-Abia, & Parra-Olea) 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 : 34-35

Sesaspis doyeni (García-París, Coca-Abia, & Parra-Olea) NEW COMBINATION

Fig. 19

Noserus doyeni García-París, Coca-Abia, and Parra-Olea, 2001: 144–155 .

Nosoderma doyeni ; García-París et al., 2006: 229.

Diagnosis: Distinguished from all members of Sesaspis except S. ashei by smooth, non-prominent dorsal and lateral tuberculation, completely covered by dense but very short tomentose setae. Distinct from S. ashei based on the thinner body, and very weakly elevated ridge present in the 5 th rather than 3 rd elytral interval.

Description: See García-París et al. (2001).

Distribution: Known only from the type locality, MEXICO: NUEVO LEON, Cerro Potosi between 2,800 –3,350 meters and a single additional locality near Cerro Potosi in the Sierra Madre Oriental, San Antonio de Peña Heveda.

Recorded distribution: A summary of the 47 specimens examined is MEXICO: NUEVO LEON: Cerro Potosi, San Antonio de Peña Heveda .

Types: Noserus doyeni : Holotype not examined, holotype in Colección Nacional de Insectos del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México ( García-París et al. 2001). PARATYPES # 5–33 in EMEC. MEX: Nuevo Leon, Cerro Potosi; 10,300’ IX-25-75/J. Powell, J. Chemsak & T. Friedlander/ red rectangle Noserus doyeni García-París, Coca-Abia, & Parra-Olea 2000 , Paratipo. #5 with Nosoderma n. sp., Det. J. Doyen, 1989. #32 with Noserus sp. , Det. J. Doyen, 1987.

PARATYPES # 34–36 in CASC. Cerro Potosi, 11000’, Galena, Nuevo Leon, Mex., AUG. 5,1938, Harry Hoogstraal/ under pine bark/ Gift to the California Academy of Sciences from Nevada Dept. of Agriculture via Robert C. Bechtel received 26 October 1990 / Noserus doyeni García-París, Coca-Abia, & Parra-Olea 2000 , Paratipo .

Figures

FIGURES 16–19. Dorsal habiti. 16. Scoriaderma cordicolle, Tanzania; 17. Sesaspis denticulata, Mexico, Nuevo Leon; 18. Sesaspis ashei, Mexico, Hidalgo; 19. Sesaspis doyeni, Mexico, Nuevo Leon. Space bar = 5mm.