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A passandrid new to the Bahamas (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)

Michael C. Thomas Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL

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A passandrid new to the Bahamas (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)

Catogenus darlingtoni Slipinski (1989) was de- + bl, 6 June 2004 R. Turnbow”. This specimen scribed from two specimens, one each from Puerto represents a new country and island record for this Rico and Guana Island, British Virgin Islands. No species. According to the collector, the specimen, additional specimens have been mentioned in the deposited in the FSCA, was collected at light at the literature. This species and C. klapperichorum Burck- edge of a coastal hardwood coppice. hardt and Slipinski from Hispaniola comprise a group The only other passandrid known from the Baha- endemic to the Caribbean and differing from other mas is Taphroscelidia linearis (LeConte), recorded members of the genus by having the clypeus modified also from Andros Is. (Thomas 1993). (Fig. 1) and depressed below the general level of the rest of the head (Burckhardt and Slipinski 2003). References cited Recently, I received a single specimen of C. dar- lingtoni for identification with the following label Burckhardt, D., and S. A. Slipinski. 2003. Phy- data: “BAHAMAS: Andros Is. Forfar Field Station mv logeny and taxonomy of the world Passandridae (Coleoptera), pp. 751-883. In: Cuccodoro, G., and R. A. B. Leschen (eds.). Systematics of Coleoptera: Papers celebrating the retirement of Ivan Löbl. Memoirs on Entomology, International, vol. 17. Slipinski, S. A. 1989. A review of the Passandridae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) of the world. II. Genus: Catogenus Westwood. Polska Pismo Entomolog- iczne 59: 85-129. Thomas, M. C. 1993. The flat bark beetles of Florida (Laemophloeidae, Passandridae, Silvanidae). Ar- thropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas 15: i-viii and 1-93.

—Michael C. Thomas, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, P.O. Box Figure 1. Catogenus darlingtoni, head. 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614-7100, USA.