Review of the Nearctic, Mexican and West Indian (Greater Antilles) species of Colliuris Degeer (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Odacanthini)
Author
Bousquet, Yves
text
Zootaxa
2010
2529
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39
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.196489
2f2afec1-127e-4afb-aaf9-ea16e17352a5
1175-5326
196489
Colliuris gundlachi
Darlington, 1934
Colliuris gundlachi
Darlington, 1934
: 122
.
Type
locality: «Soleda[d] (near Cienfuegos),
Cuba
» (original citation).
Type
material
. Darlington original description was based on
35 specimens
all from the
type
locality. I have not seen the
holotype
which is in
MCZ
but I have studied nine
paratypes
from the same institution.
Description
. Same character states as for
C. ellipticeps
except for the followings. COLOR. Dorsal surface slightly darker in many specimens; anterior elytral spot much smaller, indistinct in most specimens. MICROSCULPTURE. Head and pronotum without meshes or microlines. HEAD. Eye proportionally larger, slightly more convex. Posterior supraorbital seta located at level of posterior edge of eye. ELYTRA. Striae impunctate or with small, more or less distinct punctures. MALE GENITALIA. Median lobe as illustrated (
Fig. 12
).
Body length: 6.7–8.0 mm.
Geographical distribution.
This species is known only from the
type
locality in
Cuba
.
Records
.
Cuba
. CIENFUEGOS. Soledad (near Cienfuegos), various dates, Darlington (33, MCZ).
Habitat
.
Darlington (1934: 123)
reported taking this species "in a variety of damp places".