Additions to the Neotropical species of the genusEleusis LAPORTE, 1835 with description of new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Osorinae)
Author
Irmler, Ulrich
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2019
2019-06-24
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http://dx.doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.69.1.071-077
journal article
10.21248/contrib.entomol.69.1.071-077
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Eleusis hondurana
IRMLER, 2017
Mexico
:
Oaxaca
,
4.5 mi
S
Valle Nacional
, under bark of tropical hardwood,
1600 ft
elevation,
2 males
,
13.–
16.8.1973
, leg.
A. Newton
(
FMNH
); same location, same collector, but
5.1 mi
S
Valle
Nacional
, female
,
11.–
18.8.1973
(
FMNH
)
.
Remarks to distribution
: According to
IRMLER (2017)
only the
holotype
was known, originating from
Honduras
. Three further specimens were found in the collection of the Field Museum of Natural History that were collected in
Oaxaca
,
Mexico
. The new locality shows that the species may be rare but has a wider distribution in the area from central
Honduras
to southern
Mexico
.