Slime-Mold Beetles Of The Genus Agathidium Panzer In North And Central America, Part Ii. Coleoptera: Leiodidae
Author
MILLER, KELLY B.
Author
WHEELER, QUENTIN D.
text
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2005
2005-03-24
2005
291
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journal article
10.1206/0003-0090(2005)291<0001:SBOTGA>2.0.CO;2
0003-0090
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Agathidium mexicanum
Hendrichs, 1979: 106
.
TYPE MATERIAL
:
Holotype
not examined.
TYPE
LOCALITY
:
Mexico
, state of
Mexico
, Cerro Tlaloc,
3800 m
.
DISCUSSION: The
holotype
of this species is not in either Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico
(UNAM) or the Museo de Historia Natural de la
Ciudad de Mexico
(S. Santiago, personal commun.), although
Hendrichs (1979)
indicated that the specimens were deposited in the latter museum, and much of his material is in UNAM (S. Santiago, personal commun.). The species is clearly in the
A. aztec
subgroup of the
A. oniscoides
group based on the shape of the median lobe, which has lateral sulci and carinae, and the strongly sinuate lateral lobes. However, Hendrichs’ description is not detailed enough, nor are his illustrations adequate to differentiate
A. mexicanum
from the many other species of
Agathidium
in
Mexico
that are distributed near the type locality.
CHECKLIST OF
AGATHIDIUM
SPECIES
OF NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA