Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (“ Latin America ”: Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America)
Author
Peck, Stewart B.
Author
Gnaspini, Pedro
Author
Newton, Alfred F.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-02-18
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Genus
Eunemadus
Portevin
Eunemadus
Portevin, 1914a: 192
;
Jeannel, 1936: 155
(redescription).
Type
species:
Eunemadus chilensis
Portevin
(3 species in original description, one as “new”—
chilensis
,
fastidiosa
Fairmaire
[
Choleva
],
brunneicollis
Portevin
[
Anemadus
]); des. in
Hatch, 1928: 208
(not stated as taxonomic change; same 3 species listed).
Distribution: Southern
Chile
, southwestern
Argentina
.
Biology: Carrion scavenger in forests.
E. chilensis
Portevin, 1914a: 192
;
Jeannel, 1936: 156
(male illustrated, probably a type), 1957: 53, 1962: 518;
Szymczakowski, 1965: 246
;
Salgado, 1992b: 175
,
2005b: 211
,
2005d: 979
,
2006: 102
,
2017a: 81
.
Syntypes
(
2 male
and
1 female
, in original description) in DEIC (as “Mus. Dahlem”, in
Jeannel, 1936
,
1957
,
1962
). Type locality:“
Chile
”. Distribution:
Argentina
:
Chubut
and Río Negro Provinces;
Chile
:
Arauco
,
Biobío
, Cautín, Chiloé, Concepción, Llanquihue, Malleco, Ñuble, Osorno, Palena, Santiago, Talca, Valdivia, and
Valparaiso
Provinces.
Note:
Salgado (1992b: 175)
cited that Portevin, 1914 recorded this species from “near Santiago”, but Portevin referred only to “
Chile
”;
Jeannel (1936: 156)
mentioned “surely from the region of Santiago”, but not referring to Portevin’s
types
.