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Dissochaetus aztecus Szymczakowski 1971

Description

D. aztecus Szymczakowski, 1971: 402

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Salgado, 2010b: 161 (assignment to group), 2018a: 67; Peck & Cook, 2016: 86.

Holotype male in MNHN.

Type locality: Sierra de Durango, Durango State, Mexico.

Distribution: Mexico: Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Sinaloa, and Veracruz States. Biology: In caves and forests.

Note 1: The records in Peck, 1973b: 105 (Mexico: Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas) are a misidentification of D. sinuosus Peck & Cook [2016] (Peck & Cook, 2016: 86).

Note 2: The record in Peck, 1977: 186 (Mexico: Nuevo León State) is a doubtful record based on one female (Peck & Cook, 2016: 86).

Notes

Published as part of Peck, Stewart B., Gnaspini, Pedro & Newton, Alfred F., 2020, Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (" Latin America ": Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America), pp. 1-114 in Zootaxa 4741 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4741.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3772899

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References

  • Szymczakowski, W. (1971) Un genre nouveau et quelques especes nouvelles ou mal connues des Nemadini (Coleoptera, Catopidae). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 16, 397 - 412.
  • Salgado, J. M. (2010 b) Nuevos datos y nuevas species del genero Dissochaetus Reitter, 1884 de la region Neotropical. Reorganization en grupos de las especies de Dissochaetus (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae). Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa, 47, 149 - 163.
  • Peck, S. B. & Cook, J. (2016) A review of the small carrion beetle genus Dissochaetus Reitter (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae) in Mexico. Dugesiana, 23, 79 - 107.
  • Peck, S. B. (1973 b) A review of the cavernicolous Catopinae (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) of Mexico State, Belize, and Guatemala. Bulletin of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies, 5, 97 - 106.
  • Peck, S. B. (1977) The subterranean and epigean Catopinae of Mexico (Coleoptera: Leiodidae). Bulletin of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies, 6, 185 - 213.