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Monograph of the Family Mordellidae (Coleoptera) of North America, North of Mexico MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, NO. 62 MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY MORDELLIDAE (COLEOPTERA) OF NORTH AMERICA, NORTH OF MEXICO BY EMIL LILJEBLAD ANN ARBOR UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS DECEMBER24, 1945 PRICE LIST OF THX lYIISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS OF THE MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF WCHIGAN Address inquiries to the Director of the Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Bound in Paper No. 1. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Specimens of Dragonflies for Museum Purposes. By E. E. WILLIAMSON.(1916) Pp. 15, 3 figures $0.26 No. 2. An Annotated List of the Odonata of Indiana. l3y E. B. WILLIAMSON. (1917) Pp. 12, 1 map $0.26 No. 3. A Collecting Trip to Colombia, South America. By E. B. WILLIAMSON. (1918) Pp. 24. (Out of print) No. 4. $0.26 NO. 6. $0.46 No. 6. 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(1932) Pp. 64, 3 plates, 1 figure, 1 map ...................... $0.76 (Continued on last pages) ADVERTISEMENT The publicatioiis of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michi- gan, consist of two series-the Occasional Papers and the Miscel- laneous Publicatioi~s. Both series were founded by Dr. Bryant Wallier, Mr. Bradshaw 11. Smales, aid Dr. IV. W. Newcomb. The Occasioilal Papers, publicatioiz of wliich mas begun i11 1913, serve as a niediuni for original papers based principally upoil the collections of the Museum. The papers are issued separately to libraries and specialists, aiid, when a sufficient nlxn1ber of pages have been printed to make a vol~lme,a title page, table of contents, and index are stzppliecl to libraries aiid inclividuals oil the mailing list for the entire series. The Miscellaneous Publications, which iiiclude papers on field aiid niuseum techniques, monographic studies, and other contribu- tions not within the scope of the Occasional Papers, are published separately, and as it is not inteiidecl that they will bc grouped into volumes, each number has a title page. FREDERICKM. GAIGE Director of the Mzcselcm of Zoology MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, NO. 62 MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY MORDELLIDAE (COLEOPTERA) OF NORTH AMERICA, NORTH OF MEXICO BY EMIL LILJEBLAD ANN ARBOR UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS DATE,DECEMBER 24, 1945 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 'C~EMORDELL MOI-dellaLin Diclidia Lceon BIBLIOGRAPHY ILLUSTRATIONS (Plates I-VII follow page 226) PLATE I. FIG. Position of the earinated ridges on the posterior legs in the subfamily Mordellini. Glipodes sericans Mclshcimer, male. Conalia 18elva Leeonte. Isolrilophus erratica Smith, male. Glipa kilaris Say, male. Glipa oculala Say. Glipa octopunctata Fabrieius. Glipa bidenlata Say. 11. FIG. 1. Glipa infiana?~~ataLeeonte. FIG. 2. Glipa perhneata Fall. FIG. 3. Mordella 7znzblli Liljeblad. FIG. 4. &fordella signata Champion. FIG. 5. Mordella schwarzi, new spceies. FIG. 6. Mordella quadripzenctata Say. Mordella lztntclata IIelmuth. Mordclla obliqua Lcconte. Mordella rnelaena Germar. llforclella brevasty7is Liljeblad. Tomoxia scrval Say. Morctella inntlata Leeonte. Mordclla marginata Melsheiincr. Mordella marginata Melsheimer. Mordella cincreoalra, new spccics. &fordella atrata Melsl~eimer. Mordella an,qtclata Lceonte. Mordella descrta Cnsey, elytra. Mordella alboszcluralis Liljcblnd. Mordella Itzcbbsi Liljeblnd. Mordella granclis Liljeblad. Mordelln invisitala, new species. Tomoxia inclusa Lceonte. Tomoxia borealis Lcconte. Tomoxia fascifera Leeontc. Tomoxia lineclla Leeonte. Tonaoxia undt~lataMclshcimer. Tornoxia discoidea Mclsheimer. Tontoxia triloba Say. Mordella carinata Smith. IV. FIG. 1. Mordell7slenn frosli Lil jeblad. FIG. 2. &fordellistena arida Leeonte. FIG. 3. Mordcllislena bicinclclla Leconte. FIG. 4. Mordellistena tarsalis Smith, elytra. FIG. 5. Mordellistena vilis Leconte. Mordellistena pauxilla, new species. Mordellistena vapiila Leconte. Mordellistena inlermixta EIelmuth. Mordellistena lrifasciata Say. Mordellistena sexnotata Dury. Mordcllistena scapz~larisSay. Mordcllistena limbalis Melslieimer. Bfordellistena dimidiata Helmuth. Morrlellistena nebulosa, new species. Mordellistena ornata Mclsheimcr. Mordcll.istena argenleola, new species. Mordellistena syntaenia Liljeblad. FIG. 18. Mordellistena egregia, ncw species. FIG. 19. Mordellistena eornata Lecoiite. FIG.20. MorcZcllistena eervicalis Lcconte. FIG.21. Mordellistena aspcrsa Melshcimer. FIG.22. Mordellistena ~?~filabris,new species. FIG.23. Mordellistena rzibrilabris IIelinnth. FIG.24. Mordellislena pztllata, new spccics. V. FIG. I. Mordellistcna minl~taSmith. FIG. 2. ilfordellislena picilabvis EIelmuth. FIG. 3. Mordellistena w~inictalia,new species. FIG. 4. Mordellistena infi?laa Leconte. FIG. 5. Mordellistena andr~aevar. anilreae Leconte, male. FIG. G. Mordellislena andreac var. antlrcae Lecontc, female. FIG. 7. Mordellistena andrcac var. aneilla Lceonte, male. FIG. 8. Mordellislena andreae var. anczlla Leconte, female. FIG. 9. Mordellistena andreae var. a~stzilotaLeconte. FIG.10. Mordcllistena semiusla Lceonte. FIG.11. Mordcllislena g?~tlatlataIIclm~~th. FIG. 12. Mordellistena nigricans Melsheimer. Mordell~slenapama, nrw sl>ccics. Mordellistena sztbfiiczts, new spceirs. Mordcllistena wlcZ llanri, new species. Mordcllistena rzificcpc Leeontc. Mordellistena Jloritlcn.sis Smith. Mordellislena blandzrla, new species. Mordf~llistcnatantnln, new spceics. Mordellistena ambusla Lcconte. Mordellislena nztnennaackeri Liljeblad. Mordellistena pzlslzilata Mclshcirncr. Mordellistena coneicta Leeontc. Mordellislcna discolor Melsheimcr. Mordellistena bihanzata Melshcimer. Mordellistena pzibcscens Fabricius. Mordellistena hebraica Leeontc. Mordellistena litairata Mclshcimcr. Mordellistena pailcllra Liljcblad, male. Mordellistena plrlclira Liljeblad, female. PLATE VI. FIG. 1. Mordellistena fz~scipen?zisMelsheimer. FIG. 2. Mordellistena leporina Leconte. FIG. 3. Mordellistena n~asoniLiljeblacl. FIG. 4. Mordellislcna gigas Liljeblad. FIG. 5. Mordellistena inco?~sn~zinisLiljeblad. FIG. 6. Mordellistena attenuata Say. FIG. 7. Mordellistena Ihzi.rseyi, new species. FIG. 8. Morclellistcna unicolor Leconte. Mordellistena aemz~laLeconte. Mordellistena actl~iopsSmith. Morclellistcna Vera Liljeblad. iklordellistena splendens Smith. Afordellistena divisa Leconte. I)icliclia greeni Liljeblad. Diclidia obscura, new species. Diclidia laetula Leconte. Diclidia sexmaculata, new species. Diclidia propinqua Liljeblad. Spl~ingocephalusovalis, new species. VII. Fla. 1. Pentaria lrifasciatus var. trifasciatzlr Mclshcimcr. FIG. 2. Pentaria tr~fasciatusvar. ?zz~bilusLecontc. FIG. 3. Penta~.iadzspar Liljeblad. FIG. 4. Nazicles pzlsio Lecontc. FIG. 5. Nazlelrs basa.lis Champion. FIG. 6. dnaspis atrata Champion. ilnaspis seposita, new species. ilna.\pis scricea Afannerheim. ilnaspis flavipennis Haldeman. Anaspis militaris Smith. Anaspis du~yi,nev species. Anaspis bcardsleui, ncw species. Anaspis collaris Lecontc. Anaspis rlifa Say. MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY MORDELLIDAE (COLEOPTERA) OF NORTH AMERICA, NORTH OF MEXICO' INTRODUCTION THIS monograph is the result of several years of interrupted study, which have been devoted to gathering material and the necessary literature, com- paring aiid identifying specimens from almost every state, and making notes and drawings. It is hoped that the examination of more than twenty thousand specimens from North America, including the old supposed types of Melsheimer and Leconte, in order to make the following account as complete as possible, will be of assistance to other workers in this field. Since the pablication in 1862 of Leconte's Synopsis of the Mordellidae of the United States, very little has been written that is of any help in the identification of specimens. Although several new species have been added by various authors, the system of arrangement made by Leconte
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