EDITORIAL BOARD REPRESENTATIVES OF L ANDCARE RESEARCH Dr D. Choquenot Landcare Research Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand Dr R. J. B. Hoare Landcare Research Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand REPRESENTATIVE OF U NIVERSITIES Dr R.M. Emberson c/- Bio-Protection and Ecology Division P.O. Box 84, Lincoln University, New Zealand REPRESENTATIVE OF MUSEUMS Mr R.L. Palma Natural Environment Department Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa P.O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand REPRESENTATIVE OF O VERSEAS I NSTITUTIONS Dr M. J. Fletcher Director of the Collections NSW Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit Forest Road, Orange NSW 2800, Australia * * * SERIES EDITOR Dr T. K. Crosby Landcare Research Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand Fauna of New Zealand Ko te Aitanga Pepeke o Aotearoa Number / Nama 59 Erotylinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Erotylidae): taxonomy and biogeography Paul E. Skelley Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, P.O.Box 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614-7100, U.S.A. [email protected] Richard A. B. Leschen Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand [email protected] Manaaki W h e n u a PRESS Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand 2007 4 Skelley & Leschen (2006): Erotylinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Erotylidae) Copyright © Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd 2007 No part of this work covered by copyright may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means (graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping information retrieval systems, or otherwise) without the written permission of the publisher. Cataloguing in publication Skelley, Paul E Erotylinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Erotylidae): taxonomy and biogeography / Paul E. Skelley; Richard A. B. Leschen – Lincoln, N.Z. : Manaaki Whenua Press, Landcare Research, 2007. (Fauna of New Zealand, ISSN 0111–5383 ; no. 59). ISBN 978-0-478-09391-9 I. Leschen, Richard A. B. II. Title III. Series UDC 595.763.69 Suggested citation: Skelley, P. E.; Leschen, R. A. B. 2007. Erotylinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Erotylinae): taxonomy and biogeography. Fauna of New Zealand 59, 58 pp. Prepared for publication by the series editor and the author using computer-based text processing, layout, and printing at Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand. M~ori text by W. Te Rakihawea, Ngaruawahia. Published by Manaaki Whenua Press, Landcare Research, P.O. Box 40, Lincoln, Canterbury, N.Z. Website: http://www.mwpress.co.nz/ Printed by PrintLink Ltd, Wellington Date of publication 7 September 2007 Front cover: Kuschelengispolitus (White) (Illustrator: D. W. Helmore). Publication of the Fauna of New Zealand series is the result of a research investment by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology under contract number C09X0501. Fauna of New Zealand 59 5 POPULAR SUMMARY HE WHAKARAPOPOTOTANGA Class Insecta Order Coleoptera Superfamily Cucujoidea Family Erotylidae Subfamily Erotylinae The subfamily Erotylinae in New Zealand consists of 8 species placed in 2 genera: Kuschelengis, a new genus de- Illustration / Whakaahua: Cryptodacne synthetica Sharp scribed for the single species K. politus, and Cryptodacne, (Illustrator / Kaiwhakaahua: D. W. Helmore). consisting of 7 species, 2 of which are described as new. ~ As a family, the Erotylidae is difficult to diagnose, but Ng Erotylinae can be distinguished from most New Zealand beetles by E waru ng~ momo o te wh~nau iti o ng~ Erotylinae o the combination of the following characters: glandular ducts Aotearoa kei ng~ puninga e rua. Ko Kuschelengis, he puninga present throughout the body, but most notable at the corners hÇu e whakaahua ana i te momo takitahi K. politus, me of the prothorax, mesocoxal cavities closed by lateral Cryptodacne, e 7 Çna momo, e 2 o ‘r~ e whakaahuatia ana extensions of the metaventrite, elytral epipleura complete he hÇu. and extending to apex, abdominal ventrites equal in length Hei wh~nau, he uaua a ng~i Erotylidae te whakatau, to each other, aedeagus with a laterally compressed median engari e taea te tautohu mai i te nuinga o ng~ p§tara o lobe, and usually 2 (or 1) elongate and narrow penile struts. Aotearoa n~ ‘tahi o ng~ ~huatanga e whai ake nei: ng~ Members of Erotylinae can be easily separated from ngongo repe i roto i te katoa o te tinana engari tino kitea i other New Zealand erotylids by having the procoxal cavities ng~ koko o te w~hanga tuatahi o te hÇpara (prothorax); ng~ completely closed by lateral extensions of the prosternal puare (mesocoxal) ka katia e ng~ toronga kÇtaha o waenga process. They also tend to have more convex bodies that o te t~puku (metaventrite); e kapi ana ng~ elytral epipleura are larger in size than other New Zealand erotylids. The me te wh~toro ki te tihi; te w~hanga o ng~ ventrite o te subfamily Erotylinae is a relatively small group in New takapã he rite tahi te roa; te pokopoko waenga o te aedeagus Zealand considering that nearby Australia has 50 species. e pineke kÇtaha ana; ng~ toko ure roroa, wh~iti e 2 i te All species are placed in the tribe Dacnini, which is nuinga o te w~ (1 r~nei i ‘tahi w~). relatively widespread in Australasia and the Holarctic. The E m~m~ noa ai a ng~i Erotylinae te tautohu i ‘tahi atu genus Cryptodacne is endemic to New Zealand, while erotylid o Aotearoa n~ te katia katoatia o ng~ puare procoxal Kuschelengis is present in New Caledonia where there may e ng~ toronga kÇtaha o te tukanga prosternal. He koropuku be up to 10 undescribed species. Most specimens are ake hoki ng~ tinana me te rahi ake i ‘tahi atu erotylid o collected from rotten wood and leaf litter, and, like all Aotearoa. He k~hui ~hua pakupaku te wh~nau iti o ng~i Erotylinae, the New Zealand species are strictly fungus Erotylinae i Aotearoa ina maharatia ng~ momo e 50 o te feeding. Fungus host records are few but indicate that whenua tata mai o Ahitereiria. species feed on large-bodied polypore or bracket fungi. Ka whakanohoa te katoa o ng~ momo ki te iwi Dacnini, A biogeographic analysis of Cryptodacne shows that e huhua ana te noho puta noa i Ahitereiria me te Holarctic. C. rangiauria speciated relatively recently after arriving at He toiwhenua ki Aotearoa te puninga Cryptodacne, engari the Chatham Islands via dispersal, and this is consistent a ng~i Kuschelegis ka kitea i Kanaki kei reira pea ko tÇna 10 with data from other organisms. nei ng~ momo k~ore anÇ i whakaahuatia ~-tuhi. Te nuinga (continued overleaf) (haere tonu) 6 Skelley & Leschen (2006): Erotylinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Erotylidae) Contributor Paul Skelley was born and raised in Decatur, o ng~ t§pakonga he mea kohi i ng~ r~kau pirau, i ng~ parapara Illinois, a city centered in the agricultural midwestern rau ~, p‘r~ i te ~hua o ng~ Erotylinae katoa, he harore anake United States. His hobbies included bird watching, fishing, te kai a ng~ momo o Aotearoa. K~ore i nui ng~ kÇrero kua stamp and coin collecting, and wandering around the small oti mÇ te rauropi papa harore engari ko te tohu ka kai ng~ wooded stream near his house. His first entomological en- momo i te harore pÇare nunui (polypore), i te harore whata deavour was catching adult cabbage loopers, which were r~nei. used unsuccessfully as fishing bait. He was introduced to E ai ki te t~taritanga koiora-arowhenua o ng~ entomology as a science in the Boy Scouts while working Cryptodacne nÇ n~ tata noa nei a C. rangiauria i on a project to build a display collection at a local nature whakamomo mai ai, whai muri tonu i te mararatanga atu ki center. After that exposure, he started to build an insect ng~ moutere o Rerekohu, ka mutu e rite ana t‘nei ki ng~ collection. While in college at Eastern Illinois University, raraunga mai i ‘tahi atu rauropi. he took a part-time job curating the University beetle col- lection. From that point he knew what he wanted to do. He graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a major in I wh~nau, i pakeke mai a Paul Skelley i Decatur, Illinois, Zoology, and went to the University of Florida for gradu- he t~one e pokapã ana i te rohe ahuwhenua o waenga ki te ate work. His Masters thesis was a faunal study of the uru o Amerika. Ko ng~ mahi e ng~kau nui ai ia he m~taki Erotylidae of Florida, which focused on life histories. His manu, he h§ ika, he kohi panekuini, kohi nakunaku moni Ph.D. dissertation was a revision of the genus Ischyrus me te karore haere i te roma o te ngahere tata ki tana Lacordaire north of Panama. While working on his Ph.D. k~inga. Ko tana kaupapa m~tai pepeke tuatahi he hopu he accepted a position in the Florida State Collection of t~whana k~peti i whakamahia hei mounu ika ~, k~ore he Arthropods and has been there since. His interests in bee- aha i mau. Ko tana tomonga tuatahi ki te ao pãtaiao o te tles have focused on the Erotylidae, Aphodiinae m~tai pepeke i ng~ hui a ng~ Boy Scouts i a ia e whai ana (Scarabaeidae), and beetle natural histories in the south- ki te waihanga kohinga hei whakaaturanga ki t‘tahi pokapã eastern United States. The majority of his works has de- taiao o te rohe. Mutu mai ana t‘r~ ka t§mata te ~ta waihanga scribed taxa, cleaned up taxonomies at lower levels of the kia nui ake ai tana kohinga pepeke. I a ia i Te Whare classification system, or compiled information into single W~nanga o Illinois ki te R~whiti, ka mahi harangote hei resources — all in an attempt to grasp Biodiversity at its kaitiaki i te kohinga p§tara o te whare w~nanga.