Holoparamecus Curtis, 1833 : 185

Arriaga-Varela, Emmanuel, Tomaszewska, Wioletta & Navarrete-Heredia, José Luis, 2007, A synopsis of the Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of México, Zootaxa 1594, pp. 1-38 : 11-12

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Holoparamecus Curtis, 1833: 185 View in CoL View at ENA .

Type species: Holoparamecus depressus Curtis, 1833 .

This genus is distributed throughout the world ( Tomaszewska 2000). In the United States 6 species are known, primarily collected from forest litter or with flight intercept traps ( Skelley & Leschen 2001). Holoparamecus gabrielae Rücker was found in bat guano inside a cave in Veracruz State ( Rücker 2003). Rojas (1989) reported an unidentified species of Holoparamecus as associated with the debris of Atta mexicana (Smith) in an arid zone of Querétaro. Navarrete-Heredia (2001), however, considers that the occurence of these beetles in this particular habitat is accidental so this association needs to be fully investigated. There is no updated work that could help in identification of the Mexican species. In Tomaszewska (2000) a detailed generic description is presented. Four species are known from México.

10. H. constrictus Sharp, 1902 .

Holoparamecus constrictus Sharp, 1902: 628 ; Blackwelder 1945: 435.

Type locality: México: Guerrero, Chilpancingo.

Type material: holotype in BMNH.

Distribution: México: GRO; Guatemala.

Sharp (1902) described this species from México, but Blackwelder (1945) cited this species for Guatemala (without specific distributional details).

11. H. gabrielae Rücker, 2003 . Fig. 19 View FIGURES 19 – 22 .

Holoparamecus gabrielae Rücker, 2003: 10 .

Type locality: México: Veracruz, Puente Nacional, Cueva del Arroyo del Bellaco. Type material: holotype in MMUE.

Distribution: México: VER.

These are blind and wingless cave beetles found in bat guano.

12. H. pumilus Sharp, 1902 .

Holoparamecus pumilus Sharp, 1902: 627 ; Blackwelder 1945: 435.

Type locality: México: Guerrero, Chilpancingo. Type material: holotype in BMNH.

Distribution México: GRO.

13. H. singularis ( Beck), 1817 .

Silvanus singularis Beck, 1817: 160 .

Holoparamecus singularis: Motschulsky 1844: 442 ; Sharp 1902: 627; Blackwelder 1945: 435.

Type locality: Germany: Bavaria.

Type material: probably lost.

Distribution: México: VER; United States of America , Europe, Asia, Africa. This is a species with worldwide distribution.

References

Beck, L. von. (1817) Beitrage zur baierischen Insektenfaune, oder Beschreibung und Abbildung neuentdeckter Kafer, mit angehangten Namensverzeichnisse der Eleutereten des Landgerichtbezirks Zusmeshausen. Augsburg, p. 45, tab. 7.

Blackwelder, R. E. 1945. Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, The West Indies, and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 185, 343 - 550.

Curtis, J. (1833) Characters of some undescribed genera and species, indicated in the Guide to an Arrangement of British Insects . The Entomological Magazine, 1, 186 - 199.

Motschulsky, V. (1844) Note sur le genre Holoparamecus de Curtis. Revue Zoologique, 442 - 443.

Navarrete-Heredia, J. L. (2001) Beetles associated with Atta and Acromyrmex ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 127 (3), 381 - 429.

Rojas, P. (1989) Entomofauna asociada a los detritus de Atta mexicana (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) en una zona arida del centro de Mexico. Acta Zoologica Mexicana (n. s.), 33,1 - 51.

Rucker, W. (2003) Holoparamecus gabrielae sp. nov., eine neue Merophysiinae aus Mexico (Coleoptera, Endomychidae) 1 Mitteilungsblatt fur Systematik und Taxonomie der Latridiidae, 1, 10.

Sharp, D. (1902) Biologia Centrali-Americana. Vol. II. Insecta, Coleoptera. Pt. 1. Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 629 - 631.

Skelley, P. E. & Leschen, R. A. B. (2001) Endomychidae. In, Arnett, Jr., R. H., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank, 2001, American Beetles, pp. 366 - 370.

Tomaszewska, K. W. (2000) Morphology, phylogeny and classification of adult Endomychidae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea). Annales Zoologici, 50 (49), 449 - 558.

Figures

FIGURES 19 – 22. Endomychidae species recorded from México. 19, Holoparamecus gabrielae Rücker (1.1 mm). 20, Archipines intricata (Gorham) (3.8 mm). 21, Corynomalus perforatus Gerstaecker (7.2 mm). 22, Stenotarsus latipes Arrow (4.8 mm).