Systematics and distributions of the genera Cyrtusa Erichson, Ecarinosphaerula Hatch, Isoplastus Horn, Liocyrtusa Daffner, Lionothus Brown, and Zeadolopus Broun of the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae: Leiodini)
Author
Peck, Stewart B.
Author
Cook, Joyce
text
Insecta Mundi
2013
2013-06-28
2013
310
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journal article
4974
10.5281/zenodo.5193714
8df27694-d6a3-43d8-8a92-a085ef706e26
1942-1354
5193714
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The
Cyrtusa
genus-group
The
Cyrtusa
genus group is defined as
Leiodini
having a mesosternum that rises vertically between the mesocoxae (
Brown 1937a: 158
;
Newton 1998: 86
;
Peck 2001: 252
). In the continental
United States
and
Canada
the “
Cyrtusa
genus group” is composed of the genera
Anogdus
LeConte
,
Cyrtusa
Erichson
,
Isoplastus
Horn
,
Liocyrtusa
Daffner
,
Lionothus
Brown
, and
Zeadolopus
Broun. This
is in contrast to members of the “
Leiodes
genus-group” that have the anterior margin of the mesosternum lying obliquely between the mesocoxae, and whose North American members are
Ecarinosphaerula
Hatch
and
Leiodes
Latreille.