Review of the genus Trichiotes Casey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Edrotini), with the description of a new species and a preliminary checklist of the Tenebrionidae from Cuatrociénegas, Mexico
Author
Wirth, Christopher C.
Author
Smith, Aaron D.
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-14
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journal article
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Trichiotes seriatus
Casey 1907
Type
material.
HOLOTYPE
(
Fig. 4
), designated here by monotypy, labeled: (a) “Big S[prings] / Te[x] / Wick[ham]”; (b) “
CASEY
/ bequest / 1925”; (c) on red paper “
TYPE
USNM
/ 46249”; (d) “
Trichiotes
/
seriatus
/ Cas[ey]”; (e) (d) on red paper, “
HOLOTYPE
/
Trichiotes
/
seriatus
/
Casey 1907
” (
USNM
).
FIGURE 4.
Trichiotes seriatus
Casey 1907
. Holotype.
A)
Dorsal habitus.
B)
Lateral habitus.
Additional material examined.
Twenty-one specimens (all bearing the database label “Tenebrionid Base /
Aaron D.
Smith / Catalog # ” on blue paper, for convenience tenebrioniDBase catalog numbers are listed as TB # without quotations): One labeled (a) “at Laredo / #3001 /
5.18.71
-20127”; (b) “exc.
Mexico
/ DF
.
Mexico
”
;
(c) “on seed / Hordeum / vulgare”; (d) TB # 16306 (
USNM
). One labeled (a) “7500',nr.Jame /
33mi
.
S.E.Saltillo
/ Coah.Mex.
VII.10
'63 /
H. & A. Howden
”; (b) TB # 16305 (
CNC
).
One
labeled (a) “
MEX
.
N,
Leon
/
Hwy.
57,79mi. / SW.
Linares
/
X 18-1970
”; (b) “
C.R.Ward
/ at night”; (c) TB # 16176 (
OSUC
).
One
labeled (a) “
MEX
.
,N.L.,
79mi
. / SW. Linares night /
VIII-14-1971
C&L / O'Brien& Marshall”; (b) TB # 16177 (
OSUC
). Five labeled (a) “6/27 Albuq. / New Mex. / Wickham”; (b) TB #s 16307–16310, 16914 (
USNM
–4,
CASC
–1). One labeled (a) “
NEW
MEXICO
:
Eddy Co.
/
Lincoln Nat'l. Forest
/ Sitting Bull Canyon /
32°15'20"N
,
104°41'50"W
/
VIII-13-2003
,
E. Riley
, UV”; (b) TB # 16114. (
TAMU
).
One
labeled (a) “USA
:
New
Mexico
:
San Juan County
/ ~
1.5mi
S Farmington
on NM hwy 371 / 36.6966°–108.2331°,
1700m
,
7 July 2017
/ CCWirth & MAJohnston, sand dunes, on detritus under
Artemisia
sp foliage”; (b) TB # 16355 (
CCWC
).
Four
labeled (a) “
Santa Fe Co. NM
/
Lone Mountain Ranch
/ N:
-
106.125 W
:35.311 /
August 2, 2005
/
Coll. Robert Delph
”; (b) “EX:
Pitfall Trap
[3 /
NMC
Juniperus
monosperma, 7 /
NMC
High Mortality
, 7 /
NMC
Pinus
edulis, 39 /
NMC
Open area
]”; (c) TB #s 16108– 16111 (
NAUF
).
One
labeled (a) “
Santa Fe Co.
NM
/
Lone
Mountain
Ranch
/ N
:
35.3119 W
:106.1250 /
August 2, 2007
/
Coll. Robert Delph
”; (b) “EX:
Pitfall Trap
8L /
NMC
High Mortality
”; (c) TB # 16358 (
NAUF
).
Two
labeled (a) “
TEXAS
:
Culberson Co.
/
Guadalupe
Mts
.
Natl. Pk. / Park Headquarters /
VIII-8-11-1995
/
R. Wharton
”; (b) TB #s 16112–16113 (
TAMU
). One labeled (a) “
TEX
.CulbersonCo. / GuadalupeN.Park /
VI-12- 1971
night /
C.W.O'Brien
/ on Quercus”; (b) TB # 16175 (
OSUC
). One labeled (a) “
15 mi
. W of /
Ft. Davis
, Tex. /
July 19 1956
”; (b) TB # 16174 (
OSUC
). One labeled (a) “
TEX
.,
23mi
.W.of /
Ft.Davis
,Hwy166 /
VI-14-1963
; (b) “
Collector
/
G.H.Nelson
”; (c) “on
Acacia
/ constricta”; (d) TB # 16173 (
OSUC
).
Diagnosis.
Length 4.5–5.5 (mean 5.0) mm, width 2.5–3.2 (mean 2.8) mm (n=
20 specimens
).
Trichiotes seriatus
Casey
can be separated from
Trichiotes lightfooti
based on the diagnostic characters enumerated in the
T. lightfooti
diagnosis and key.
Remarks.
This species appears to be fairly widespread in the Chihuahuan desert (
Fig. 1
), though uncommon in collections.