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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A. difficile
Matthews, 1887: 76
;
Hlisnikovský, 1964a: 232
;
Miller & Wheeler, 2005b: 163
(
lectotype
designation). No information about types given in original description;
Lectotype
female (designated in
Miller & Wheeler, 2005b
; who mentioned number of specimens not given in original description, one single specimen available for study) in
BMNH
.
Type locality: Cerro de Plumas [= Cerro de Palmas, in
Veracruz State
, according to
Selander & Vaurie (1962)
, but as
Mexico
State in
Miller & Wheeler (2005b)
, without explanation],
Mexico
.
Distribution:
Mexico
:
Veracruz State
: known only from type locality.
Note: The species is of uncertain status because the
lectotype
is a female.