Review of the Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera) of North America and the West Indies with descriptions of two new species of Cybocephalus Erichson
Author
Smith, Trevor Randall
Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 1911 SW 34 th St. / PO Box 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614 - 7100
text
Insecta Mundi
2022
2022-08-26
2022
950
1
35
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.7300614
1942-1354
7300614
2425983D-0398-45D4-A728-3BF5991D07BE
Cybocephalus randalli
T. R.
Smith
(
Fig. 120–130
)
Cybocephalus randalli
T. R.
Smith
in
Smith
and Cave 2006a: 788–790
.
Distribution.
Throughout western North America, from Washington south to the tip of
Baja California
,
Mexico
, and as far east as Texas.
Hosts.
Unknown.
Remarks.
This species has wingless, reduced wing, and winged phenotypes similar to
C. minimus
Grouvelle
,
C. mauritiensis
Vinson (
Vinson 1959
)
and
C. seminulum
Baudi
(
Endrödy-Younga 1968
). These three phenotypes are identical in almost all respects, including male genitalia. The only difference is the presence of fully developed hindwings, abbreviated hindwings, or absence of hindwings, and the metanotum’s shape. The wingless phenotype has a long metanotal process but is extremely reduced in the basal region, matching that of other wingless species (
Fig. 92
,
100
,
129
), and both the reduced wing and winged phenotypes have a fully developed metanotum consistent with other winged species (
Fig. 111
,
119
,
130
). The metanotum plays a significant role in hindwing muscle attachment and function, and therefore, metanotal morphology would be drastically different between winged and unwinged phenotypes. The wingless phenotype is most often collected in arid desert habitats, and series of hundreds of specimens have been collected in pitfall traps in
Baja California
,
Mexico
.