A Review of the Small Carrion Beetles and the Round Fungus Beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with Descriptions of Two New Genera and 61 New Species

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

A Review of the Small Carrion Beetles and the Round Fungus Beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with Descriptions of Two New Genera and 61 New Species University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Insecta Mundi Florida 2014 A review of the small carrion beetles and the round fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with descriptions of two new genera and 61 new species. Stewart B. Peck Canadian Museum of Nature, [email protected] Joyce Cook North Augusta, ON, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi Peck, Stewart B. and Cook, Joyce, "A review of the small carrion beetles and the round fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with descriptions of two new genera and 61 new species." (2014). Insecta Mundi. 889. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/889 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. INSECTA MUNDI A Journal of World Insect Systematics 0397 A review of the small carrion beetles and the round fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with descriptions of two new genera and 61 new species. Stewart B. Peck Research Associate Canadian Museum of Nature PO Box 3443, Station D Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada Joyce Cook 13078 Land O’Nod Road North Augusta, ON K0G 1R0, Canada Date of Issue: October 31, 2014 CENTER FOR SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY, INC., Gainesville, FL Stewart B. Peck and Joyce Cook A review of the small carrion beetles and the round fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with descriptions of two new genera and 61 new species. Insecta Mundi 0397: 1-76 ZooBank Registered: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:84BA7373-8A5C-4E98-B132-8DDC2607CD48 Published in 2014 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/ Insecta Mundi is a journal primarily devoted to insect systematics, but articles can be published on any non- marine arthropod. Topics considered for publication include systematics, taxonomy, nomenclature, checklists, faunal works, and natural history. Insecta Mundi will not consider works in the applied sciences (i.e. medical entomology, pest control research, etc.), and no longer publishes book reviews or editorials. Insecta Mundi pub- lishes original research or discoveries in an inexpensive and timely manner, distributing them free via open access on the internet on the date of publication. Insecta Mundi is referenced or abstracted by several sources including the Zoological Record, CAB Abstracts, etc. Insecta Mundi is published irregularly throughout the year, with completed manuscripts assigned an indi- vidual number. Manuscripts must be peer reviewed prior to submission, after which they are reviewed by the editorial board to ensure quality. One author of each submitted manuscript must be a current member of the Center for Systematic Entomology. Manuscript preparation guidelines are availablr at the CSE website. Chief Editor: Paul E. Skelley, e-mail: [email protected] Head Layout Editor: Eugenio H. Nearns Editorial Board: J. H. Frank, M. J. Paulsen, Michael C. Thomas Review Editors: Listed on the Insecta Mundi webpage Manuscript Preparation Guidelines and Submission Requirements available on the Insecta Mundi web-page at: http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/ Printed copies (ISSN 0749-6737) annually deposited in libraries: CSIRO, Canberra, ACT, Australia Museu de Zoologia, São Paulo, Brazil Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada The Natural History Museum, London, Great Britain Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warsaw, Poland National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USA Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL, USA Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Electronic copies (On-Line ISSN 1942-1354, CDROM ISSN 1942-1362) in PDF format: Printed CD or DVD mailed to all members at end of year. Archived digitally by Portico. Florida Virtual Campus: http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/insectamundi University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Digital Commons: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/ Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-135240 Copyright held by the author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduc- tion in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/3.0/ Layout Editor for this article: Michael C. Thomas 0397: 1-76 2014 A review of the small carrion beetles and the round fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with descriptions of two new genera and 61 new species. Stewart B. Peck Research Associate Canadian Museum of Nature PO Box 3443, Station D Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada [email protected] Joyce Cook 13078 Land O’Nod Road North Augusta, ON K0G 1R0, Canada [email protected] Abstract. The fauna of the small carrion beetles and round fungus beetles (Leiodidae) of the oceanic islands of the West Indies is reviewed with 11 genera and 81 species recorded. Keys to adults of all genera and species, descriptions, and figures are provided to aid in identification. All species are endemic to the islands of the West Indies. Most species are endemic to a single island, but some species in the Lesser Antilles occur on more than one island. It is certain that more species remain to be discovered, especially on larger and less explored islands. Two new genera are described: Parvocyrtusa (type species Parvocyrtusa hispaniolensis), and Pseudolionothus (type species Pseudolionothus insularis). The genus Pseudoagathidium Angelini is reported from the New World for the first time with one species. The higher taxa and 61 new species and their island distributions are as follows: Cholevinae, Eucatopini, Eucatops Portevin (first West Indian record): E. annulus, Hispaniola. Ptomaphagini, Proptomaphaginus Szymczakowski (four species, no new taxa), Greater Antilles and Bahamas (new genus record). Anemadini, Dissochaetus Reitter (five species, one new species): D. santalucia, St. Lucia. Leiodinae, Agathidiini, Agathidium Panzer (first West Indian record): A. minutum, Hispaniola. Pseudoagathidium Angelini (first New World record): P. ignotum, St. Vincent. Leiodini, Isoplastus Horn (first West Indian record): I. hispaniolensis, Hispaniola. Zeadolopus Broun (five known species, 28 new species): Z. acinaces, Hispaniola; Z. angulatus, St. Vincent; Z. antiguensis, Antigua, Saba, Montserrat; Z. atratus, Cuba; Z. bahamensis, Bahamas Islands (Andros Island); Z. caborojo, Hispaniola; Z. carinatus, Jamaica; Z caymanensis, Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman); Z. cubensis, Cuba; Z. dominica, Dominica; Z. exiguus, Hispaniola; Z. flavidus, Cuba; Z. hatomayor, Hispaniola; Z. hispaniolensis, Hispaniola; Z. iviei, Hispaniola; Z. jarabacoa, Hispaniola; Z. lavega, Hispaniola; Z. longipes, Hispaniola; Z. lucidus, Cuba; Z. miniusculus, Hispaniola; Z. nanus, Hispaniola; Z. nesiotes, St. Lucia and Martinique; Z. oviedoensis, Hispaniola; Z. parvantilliensis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada; Z. paulus, Hispaniola; Z. pedernales, Hispaniola; Z. pusillus, Cuba. Parvocyrtusa (new genus, one new species): P. hispaniolensis, Hispaniola. Pseudolionothus (new genus, two new spe- cies): P. andersoni, Cuba; P. insularis, Hispaniola. Scotocryptini, Aglyptinus Cockerell (five known species, 19 new species): A. angulatus, Hispaniola; A. bahamensis, Bahamas Islands (Andros Island); A. biserriatus, Cuba; A. capitaneus, Cuba; A. dominica, Dominica; A. fortipunctatus, Cuba; A. grandis, Hispaniola; A. grenadensis, Grenada; A. hemipterus, Jamaica; A. hispaniolensis, Hispaniola; A. longipalpus, Hispaniola; A. luciae, St. Lucia; A. maculatus, Jamaica; A. martiniquensis, Martinique; A. minutus, Cuba; A. parvoculus, Jamaica; A. parvus, St. Lucia; A. sinuatus, Cuba; A. vincentii, St. Vincent. Creagrophorus Matthews (one known species, seven new species): C. bicolor, Martinique; C. cubensis, Cuba; C. dominica, Dominica; C. hispaniolensis, Hispaniola; C. microdentatus, Hispaniola; C. santalucia, St. Lucia; C. unidentatus, St. Vincent and Grenada. Key words. Cholevinae, Leiodinae, Eucatops, Proptomaphaginus, Dissochaetus, Agathidium, Pseudoagathidium, Isoplastus, Zeadolopus, Parvocyrtusa, Pseudolionothus, Aglyptinus, Creagrophorus Introduction The insects of the islands of the West Indies have long been of interest to entomologists. Some taxa, such as butterflies (Smith et al. 1994) and a few families of Heteroptera and Coleoptera (e. g., Liebherr 1 2 • INSECTA MUNDI 0397, October 2014 PECK AND COOK 1988, Skelley 2009) are rather well known, but most other insect groups are still incompletely studied. This contribution is a review of known and new species of beetles in the family Leiodidae of the oceanic islands of the West Indies. These beetles are commonly called small carrion beetles (Cholevinae) and round fungus beetles (Leiodinae) because both adults
Recommended publications
  • Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) Matthew Immelg Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, [email protected]
    Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2011 Revision and Reclassification of the Genera of Phalacridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) Matthew immelG Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Gimmel, Matthew, "Revision and Reclassification of the Genera of Phalacridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)" (2011). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 2857. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/2857 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please [email protected]. REVISION AND RECLASSIFICATION OF THE GENERA OF PHALACRIDAE (COLEOPTERA: CUCUJOIDEA) A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Entomology by Matthew Gimmel B.S., Oklahoma State University, 2005 August 2011 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank the following individuals for accommodating and assisting me at their respective institutions: Roger Booth and Max Barclay (BMNH), Azadeh Taghavian (MNHN), Phil Perkins (MCZ), Warren Steiner (USNM), Joe McHugh (UGCA), Ed Riley (TAMU), Mike Thomas and Paul Skelley (FSCA), Mike Ivie (MTEC/MAIC/WIBF), Richard Brown and Terry Schiefer (MEM), Andy Cline (CDFA), Fran Keller and Steve Heydon (UCDC), Cheryl Barr (EMEC), Norm Penny and Jere Schweikert (CAS), Mike Caterino (SBMN), Michael Wall (SDMC), Don Arnold (OSEC), Zack Falin (SEMC), Arwin Provonsha (PURC), Cate Lemann and Adam Slipinski (ANIC), and Harold Labrique (MHNL).
    [Show full text]
  • The Beetle Fauna of Dominica, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera): Diversity and Distribution
    INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 20, No. 3-4, September-December, 2006 165 The beetle fauna of Dominica, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera): Diversity and distribution Stewart B. Peck Department of Biology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada stewart_peck@carleton. ca Abstract. The beetle fauna of the island of Dominica is summarized. It is presently known to contain 269 genera, and 361 species (in 42 families), of which 347 are named at a species level. Of these, 62 species are endemic to the island. The other naturally occurring species number 262, and another 23 species are of such wide distribution that they have probably been accidentally introduced and distributed, at least in part, by human activities. Undoubtedly, the actual numbers of species on Dominica are many times higher than now reported. This highlights the poor level of knowledge of the beetles of Dominica and the Lesser Antilles in general. Of the species known to occur elsewhere, the largest numbers are shared with neighboring Guadeloupe (201), and then with South America (126), Puerto Rico (113), Cuba (107), and Mexico-Central America (108). The Antillean island chain probably represents the main avenue of natural overwater dispersal via intermediate stepping-stone islands. The distributional patterns of the species shared with Dominica and elsewhere in the Caribbean suggest stages in a dynamic taxon cycle of species origin, range expansion, distribution contraction, and re-speciation. Introduction windward (eastern) side (with an average of 250 mm of rain annually). Rainfall is heavy and varies season- The islands of the West Indies are increasingly ally, with the dry season from mid-January to mid- recognized as a hotspot for species biodiversity June and the rainy season from mid-June to mid- (Myers et al.
    [Show full text]
  • T1)E Bedford,1)Ire Naturaii,T 45
    T1)e Bedford,1)ire NaturaIi,t 45 Journal for the year 1990 Bedfordshire Natural History Society 1991 'ISSN 0951 8959 I BEDFORDSHffiE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 1991 Chairman: Mr D. Anderson, 88 Eastmoor Park, Harpenden, Herts ALS 1BP Honorary Secretary: Mr M.C. Williams, 2 Ive! Close, Barton-le-Clay, Bedford MK4S 4NT Honorary Treasurer: MrJ.D. Burchmore, 91 Sundon Road, Harlington, Dunstable, Beds LUS 6LW Honorary Editor (Bedfordshire Naturalist): Mr C.R. Boon, 7 Duck End Lane, Maulden, Bedford MK4S 2DL Honorary Membership Secretary: Mrs M.]. Sheridan, 28 Chestnut Hill, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, Beds LU7 7TR Honorary Scientific Committee Secretary: Miss R.A. Brind, 46 Mallard Hill, Bedford MK41 7QS Council (in addition to the above): Dr A. Aldhous MrS. Cham DrP. Hyman DrD. Allen MsJ. Childs Dr P. Madgett MrC. Baker Mr W. Drayton MrP. Soper Honorary Editor (Muntjac): Ms C. Aldridge, 9 Cowper Court, Markyate, Herts AL3 8HR Committees appointed by Council: Finance: Mr]. Burchmore (Sec.), MrD. Anderson, Miss R. Brind, Mrs M. Sheridan, Mr P. Wilkinson, Mr M. Williams. Scientific: Miss R. Brind (Sec.), Mr C. Boon, Dr G. Bellamy, Mr S. Cham, Miss A. Day, DrP. Hyman, MrJ. Knowles, MrD. Kramer, DrB. Nau, MrE. Newman, Mr A. Outen, MrP. Trodd. Development: Mrs A. Adams (Sec.), MrJ. Adams (Chairman), Ms C. Aldridge (Deputy Chairman), Mrs B. Chandler, Mr M. Chandler, Ms]. Childs, Mr A. Dickens, MrsJ. Dickens, Mr P. Soper. Programme: MrJ. Adams, Mr C. Baker, MrD. Green, MrD. Rands, Mrs M. Sheridan. Trustees (appointed under Rule 13): Mr M. Chandler, Mr D. Green, Mrs B.
    [Show full text]
  • Coleoptera: Leiodidae) from Jamaica and Puerto Rico, with a Discussion of Wing Dimorphism*
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Carleton University's Institutional Repository NEW RECORDS AND SPECIES OF LEIODINAE AND CATOPINAE (COLEOPTERA: LEIODIDAE) FROM JAMAICA AND PUERTO RICO, WITH A DISCUSSION OF WING DIMORPHISM* BY STEWART B. PECK Department of Biology, Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada Since my earlier reports on the Leiodidae of Jamaica and Puerto Rico (Peck, 1970, 1972), I have had the opportunity to spend an additional 13 weeks in field work on these islands. In Jamaica this was from mid-December to mid-January, 1972-1973, and from late July to early September, 1974. In Puerto Rico it was from early to late May, 1973, and a week in June, 1974. This has resulted in new data on the leiodids of these islands, which are presented here. Ad- ditional data and information on forest habitat sites may be found in Peck and Kukalova-Peck (1975), and on cave sites in Peck (1974, 1975). Methods and materials are similar to those utilized for my earlier papers. Collections were primarily made in forests with pitfall traps baited with carrion and human dung (Newton and Peck, 1975); by Berlese-Tullgren funnel extraction of arthropods from sifted forest litter, and from bat guano accumulations in caves. In this work, 259 kg (770 liters) of sifted forest litter were processed for Jamaica and 93 kg (171 liters) for Puerto Rico, in addition to many other extractions from samples of bat guano. Most of the arthropod residues from these collections are deposited with the Field Mu- seum (Chicago).
    [Show full text]
  • The Biodiversity of Flying Coleoptera Associated With
    THE BIODIVERSITY OF FLYING COLEOPTERA ASSOCIATED WITH INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT OF THE DOUGLAS-FIR BEETLE (Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopkins) IN INTERIOR DOUGLAS-FIR (Pseudotsuga menziesii Franco). By Susanna Lynn Carson B. Sc., The University of Victoria, 1994 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Department of Zoology) We accept this thesis as conforming To t(p^-feguired standard THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 2002 © Susanna Lynn Carson, 2002 In presenting this thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for an advanced degree at the University of British Columbia, I agree that the Library shall make it freely available for reference and study. 1 further agree that permission for extensive copying of this thesis for scholarly purposes may be granted by the head of my department or by his or her representatives. It is understood that copying or publication of this thesis for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. Department The University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada DE-6 (2/88) Abstract Increasing forest management resulting from bark beetle attack in British Columbia's forests has created a need to assess the impact of single species management on local insect biodiversity. In the Fort St James Forest District, in central British Columbia, Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii Franco) (Fd) grows at the northern limit of its North American range. At the district level the species is rare (representing 1% of timber stands), and in the early 1990's growing populations of the Douglas-fir beetle (Dendroctonus pseudotsuage Hopkins) threatened the loss of all mature Douglas-fir habitat in the district.
    [Show full text]
  • Full Volume 50 Nos. 1&2
    The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 50 Numbers 1 & 2 -- Spring/Summer 2017 Article 12 Numbers 1 & 2 -- Spring/Summer 2017 September 2017 Full Volume 50 Nos. 1&2 Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation 2017. "Full Volume 50 Nos. 1&2," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 50 (1) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol50/iss1/12 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at [email protected]. et al.: Full Volume 50 Nos. 1&2 Vol. 50, Nos. 1 & 2 Spring/Summer 2017 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY Published by ValpoScholar, 2017 1 The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 50, No. 1 [2017], Art. 12 THE MICHIGAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2016–17 OFFICERS President Robert Haack President Elect Matthew Douglas Immediate Pate President Angie Pytel Secretary Adrienne O’Brien Treasurer Angie Pytel Member-at-Large (2016-2018) John Douglass Member-at-Large (2016-2018) Martin Andree Member-at-Large (2015-2018) Bernice DeMarco Member-at-Large (2014-2017) Mark VanderWerp Lead Journal Scientific Editor Kristi Bugajski Lead Journal Production Editor Alicia Bray Associate Journal Editor Anthony Cognato Associate Journal Editor Julie Craves Associate Journal Editor David Houghton Associate Journal Editor William Ruesink Associate Journal Editor William Scharf Associate Journal Editor Daniel Swanson Newsletter Editor Matthew Douglas and Daniel Swanson Webmaster Mark O’Brien The Michigan Entomological Society traces its origins to the old Detroit Entomological Society and was organized on 4 November 1954 to “.
    [Show full text]
  • Algae and Invertebrates of a Great Basin Desert Hot Lake: a Description of the Borax Lake Ecosystem of Southeastern Oregon
    Conference Proceedings. Spring-fed Wetlands: Important Scientific and Cultural Resources of the Intermountain Region, 2002. http://www.wetlands.dri.edu Algae and Invertebrates of a Great Basin Desert Hot Lake: A description of the Borax Lake ecosystem of southeastern Oregon Joseph Furnish Pacific Southwest Region 5, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Vallejo, CA [email protected] James McIver Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, LaGrande, OR Mark Teiser Department of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Abstract Introduction As part of the recovery plan for the Borax Lake is a geothermally heated endangered chub Gila boraxobius (Cyprinidae), alkaline lake in southeastern Oregon. It a description of algal and invertebrate represents one of the only permanent water populations was undertaken at Borax Lake in sources in the Alvord Desert, which receives 1991 and 1992. Borax Lake, the only known less than 20 cm of rain annually (Green 1978; habitat for G. boraxobius, is a warm, alkaline Cobb et al. 1981). Borax Lake is the only known water body approximately 10 hectares in size habitat for Gila boraxobius, the Borax Lake with an average surface water temperature of chub, a cyprinid fish recognized as a new 30°C. Periphyton algae were surveyed by species in 1980. The chub was listed as scraping substrates and incubating microscope endangered under the Endangered Species Act slides in the water column. Invertebrates were in 1982 because it was believed that geothermal- collected using dip nets, pitfall traps and Ekman energy test-well drilling activities near Borax dredges. The aufwuchs community was Lake might jeopardize its habitat by altering the composed of 23 species and was dominated by flow or temperature of water in the lake.
    [Show full text]
  • New Records of Coleoptera from Wisconsin
    The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 50 Numbers 1 & 2 -- Spring/Summer 2017 Article 2 Numbers 1 & 2 -- Spring/Summer 2017 September 2017 New Records of Coleoptera from Wisconsin Jordan D. Marché II [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Marché, Jordan D. II 2017. "New Records of Coleoptera from Wisconsin," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 50 (1) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol50/iss1/2 This Peer-Review Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at [email protected]. Marché: New Records of Coleoptera from Wisconsin 6 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 50, Nos. 1–2 New Records of Coleoptera from Wisconsin Jordan D. Marché II 5415 Lost Woods Court, Oregon, WI 53575 Abstract Specimens of eleven different species of beetles (one of which is identified only to genus) have been collected from and are herein reported as new to Wisconsin. These spe- cies collectively occur within seven different families: Leiodidae, Latridiidae, Scirtidae, Throscidae, Corylophidae, Staphylinidae, and Dermestidae. A majority of the specimens were collected at the author’s residence, either in pan traps or at UV lights; the others were taken at two nearby (township) parks. Although Wisconsin’s coleopteran four antennomeres. Antennal grooves may be fauna is large and diverse, new findings con- found beside the eyes (Peck 2001).
    [Show full text]
  • Journal of Cave and Karst Studies Editor Louise D
    December 1998 JOURNAL OF Volume 60 Number 3 ISSN 1090-6924 CAVE AND KARST STUDIES Journal of Cave and Karst Studies Editor Louise D. Hose Volume 60 Number 3 December 1998 Environmental Studies Program Westminster College CONTENTS Fulton, MO 65251-1299 (573) 573-5303 Voice (573) 592-2217 FAX Articles [email protected] Tubular Lava Stalactites and Other Related Segregations Production Editor Kevin Allred and Carlene Allred 131 James A. Pisarowicz Wind Cave National Park Hot Springs, SD 57747 History and Status of the Moiliili Karst, Hawaii (605) 673-5582 William R. Halliday 141 [email protected] Gypsum Speleothems of Freezing Origin BOARD OF EDITORS Victor V. Korshunov and Elena V. Shavrina 146 Earth Sciences-Journal Index Ira D. Sasowsky Geochemistry of Fluorite and Related Features of the Department of Geology University of Akron Kugitangtou Ridge Caves, Turkmenistan Akron, OH 44325-4101 Vladimar Maltsev and Viktor Korshunov 151 (330) 972-5389 [email protected] The Cave-inhabiting Beetles of Cuba (Insecta: Coleoptera): Diversity, Distribution and Ecology Conservation Stewart B. Peck, Amador E. Ruiz-Baliú and George Huppert Department of Geography Gabriel F. Garcés González 156 University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse LaCrosse, WI 54601 Spatial and Temporal Variations in the Dissolved Organic [email protected] Carbon Concentrations in the Vadose Karst Waters of Marengo Cave, Indiana Life Sciences Veronica A. Toth 167 David Ashley Department of Biology Missouri Western State College The Current Status and Habitats of the Illinois Cave St. Joseph, MO 64507 Amphipod, Gammarus acherondytes Hubricht and (816) 271-4334 Mackin (Crustacea: Amphipoda) [email protected] D.W.
    [Show full text]
  • Coleoptera: Insecta) of Saskatchewan
    1 CHECKLIST OF BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: INSECTA) OF SASKATCHEWAN R. R. Hooper1 and D. J. Larson2 1 – Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Regina, SK. Deceased. 2 – Box 56, Maple Creek, SK. S0N 1N0 Introduction A checklist of the beetles of Canada (Bousquet 1991) was published 20 years ago in order to provide a list of the species known from Canada and Alaska along with their correct names and a indication of their distribution by major political units (provinces, territories and state). A total of 7447 species and subspecies were recognized in this work. British Columbia and Ontario had the most diverse faunas, 3628 and 3843 taxa respectively, whereas Saskatchewan had a relatively poor fauna (1673 taxa) which was about two thirds that its neighbouring provinces (Alberta – 2464; Manitoba – 2351). This raises the question of whether the Canadian beetle fauna is distributed like a doughnut with a hole in the middle, or is there some other explanation. After assembling available literature records as well as the collection records available to us, we present a list of 2312 species (generally only single subspecies of a species are recognized in the province) suggesting that the Canadian distribution pattern of species is more like that of a Bismark, the dough may be a little thinner in the center but there is also a core of good things. This list was largely R. Hopper’s project. He collected Saskatchewan insects since at least the 1960’s and over the last decade before his death he had compiled a list of the species he had collected along with other records from the literature or given him by other collectors (Hooper 2001).
    [Show full text]
  • Checklist of Beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second Edition
    A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 360: 1–44 (2013)Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition 1 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.360.4742 DATA PAPER www.zookeys.org Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Yves Bousquet1, Patrice Bouchard1, Anthony E. Davies1, Derek S. Sikes2 1 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6 2 University of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960, USA Corresponding author: Patrice Bouchard ([email protected]) Academic editor: L. Penev | Received 22 January 2013 | Accepted 10 September 2013 | Published 6 December 2013 Citation: Bousquet Y, Bouchard P, Davies AE, Sikes DS (2013) Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition. ZooKeys 360: 1–44. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.360.4742 Abstract All 8237 species-group taxa of Coleoptera known to occur in Canada and Alaska are recorded by prov- ince/territory or state, along with their author(s) and year of publication, in a classification framework. Only presence of taxa in each Canadian province or territory and Alaska is noted. Labrador is considered a distinct geographical entity. Adventive and Holarctic species-group taxa are indicated. References to pertinent identification keys are given under the corresponding supraspecific taxa in the data archive. Keywords Coleoptera, checklist, distribution, classification, adventive and Holarctic species, Alaska, Canada Introduction More than twenty years have passed since the publication of the Checklist of beetles of Canada and Alaska (Bousquet 1991). During that period many changes have been introduced into the classification of Coleoptera.
    [Show full text]
  • This Work Is Licensed Under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. to View a Copy
    This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. REVISION AND CLADISTICS OF THE MIDDLE AMERICAN GENUS CREAGROPHORUS MATTHEWS (COLEOPTERA: LEIODIDAE) QUENTIND. WHEELER Department of Entomology The Ohio State University Columbus, OHIO 43210 Quaestiones Entomologicae U.S.A. 15:447-479 1979 Creagrophorus is a compact genus of four Middle American species whose members eat fruiting bodies of puffballs (Gasteromycetes); Creagrophorus hamatus Matthews (Mexico, Panama), Creagrophorus bihamatus Matthews (Panama), Creagrophorous jamaicensis Peck (Jamaica), and Creagrophorus spinaculeus new species (Panama). A cladistic analysis led to the following conclusions: Creagrophorus is supported as a monophyletic group by apotypic broad labial palpus segment HI with taeniaform seta, spines and flagellum of endophallus, absence of epicranial lines, and fimbriae of galeae and presence of four setae on segment I of the urogomphus of the larvae, transverse coxites and flattened, sclerotized styli of female genitalia, male femoral hooks (denticles), expanded middle tibia, and puffball ecological relationships; the Aglyptinus association is a monophyletic lineage consisting of Creagrophorus, Aglyptinus, and Scotocryptini, and defined synapotypically by 3-3-3 tarsi and oblique lines on abdominal sternum
    [Show full text]