New species and records of Charisius Champion from Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Alleculinae)
Author
Campbell, J. M.
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ZooKeys
2014
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269
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.415.6794
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.415.6794
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Charisius picturatus Champion
Fig. 4
Charisius picturatus
Champion (1893
: 565, pl, 23, fig. 21);
Campbell (1965
: 48, Figs 10, 17).
Type.
Lectotype, male, Omilteme, Guerrero, Mexico 8000 ft (
Campbell 1965
: 48). The specimen is in the BMNH.
Distribution and records.
This species was described from one male and one female from Omiltemi, Guerrero, Mexico. I have provisionally assigned two additional females to this species.
MEXICO: Mexico: San Cayetana, Villa de Allende, 16.IX.1953, V Aquilar Vegs. (CNCI) 1. Oaxaca: Route 190, 33 mi NW Oaxaca, 4-5.IX.1967, G Ball, TL Erwin, RE Leech (CNCI) 1.
Remarks.
These specimens agree in all respects with those previously described by Champion except that the overall coloration is a darker reddish-brown. The specimen from Oaxaca was collected from an oak forest.