New Synonymies and Notes on North American Loxandrus LeConte (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Author
Bousquet, Yves
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2006
2006-06-30
60
2
145
157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/865.1
journal article
10.1649/865.1
1938-4394
2.
Loxandrus breviusculus
Casey, 1924:80
This
taxon was described from a single specimen collected at «Dunedin,
Florida
».
The
holotype
, a female, is labelled «Dunedin,
Fla W.S.B. Coll.
12-4-17/Casey bequest 1925/Type
USNM 47350
/
breviusculus Csy.
[handwritten]/
UAIC 00044048
/
holotype
Loxandrus breviusculus
by [handwritten]
R
.
T
. Allen»
.
The
holotype
(SBL
¼
8.6 mm
; ABL
¼
about
8.8 mm
) is conspecific with specimens of
L. floridanus
LeConte, 1878
[NEW SYNONYMY]. This species belongs to the
agilis
group and is relatively easy to recognize by its large size (
7.3–9.4 mm
), the infuscated femora and tibiae, the mentum without distinct foveal pits, the distinct microsculpture on the disc of pronotum, and the elytral epipleura not markedly sinuate at level of plicae.