A new species of Stenomorpha Solier (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Asidini) from Cuatrociénegas, Mexico with a key to the furcata species group
Author
Smith, Aaron D.
Author
Miller, Kelly B.
Author
Wheeler, Quentin D.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2909
27
37
journal article
46720
10.5281/zenodo.277790
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1175-5326
277790
Stenomorpha granicollis
(Blaisdell)
,
new combination
(
Figs. 2
,
6
,
11
)
Asida
(
Stethasida
)
granicollis
Blaisdell 1923
:256
Stethasida granicollis
(Blaisdell)
.
Papp 1961
: 29
.
Type
material.
HOLOTYPE
, by original designation, (sex undetermined) locality label: a) “Guaymas
Mex
.,
April 14 1921
, E P Van Duzee Collector” (
CASC
). California Academy of Sciences
type
No. 1165.
Additional material examined.
(
10 specimens
).
MEXICO
: Sonora.
Diagnosis.
Stenomorpha granicollis
is easily distinguished from other members of the
furcata
group by its impunctate and tuberculate pronotum and its acute and somewhat prolonged posterolateral pronotal apices.
Remarks.
Blaisdell (1923)
originally described
S. granicollis
in the genus
Asida
and used Casey’s genus
Stethasida
as a subgenus. The species is not mentioned again until
Papp (1961)
lists it as species of
Stethasida
. All known specimens have been collected within a small area in western Sonora around Guayamas.