Adelopsis Portevin
| Main Authors: | Peck, Stewart B., Gnaspini, Pedro, Newton, Alfred F. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2020
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/3797389 |
Daftar Isi:
- Genus Adelopsis Portevin Adelopsis Portevin, 1907: 71; Jeannel, 1936: 59 (redescription) (sensu Gnaspini, 1996: 533 and Gnaspini & Peck, 1996: 407, redescription). Type species: Catops ruficollis Portevin, = senior synonym of Adelopsis heterocera Portevin (originally established as type species, by monotypy) (Gnaspini & Peck (2019: 6, 23). = Iutururuca Gnaspini, 1993a: 79 (as subgenus of Adelopsis); Gnaspini & Peck, 2019: 6 syn. Type species: Adelopsis leo Gnaspini (orig. des.). See Note 3. = Excelsiorella Salgado, 2008b: 210 (as genus); Gnaspini et al., 2016: 274 syn. Type species: Excelsiorella latissima Salgado (orig. des.). Note 1: Jeannel, 1922: 42 (and footnote 2) synonymizes “ Adelopsis Portevin [1907] (type species: A. heterocera Port.)” under “ Ptomaphagus Illiger [1798] ” (and includes “ Ptomaphagus ruficollis ” Portevin [1903]), which is followed by Hatch, 1928: 164, 168. However, Jeannel, 1936: 66 – 67 does not mention his synonymy and he seems to treat both species as if he considered them in Adelopsis in 1922. Note 2: Revision started in Gnaspini (1996, who corrected spelling of some species names to feminine gender) and Gnaspini & Peck (1996, 2001), but not concluded. Note 3: Only three species were initially assigned to the subgenus Iutururuca; others were deferred to await holotype examination; however, since the genus was under revision and some grouping changes may be done, Gnaspini (1996) preferred not to place the species into subgenera. A formal synonymy was proposed in Gnaspini & Peck (2019: 6). Note 4: Gnaspini & Peck (1996, 2001) proposed a system of species groups for this very speciose genus, afterwards redefined and increased by Salgado (2010c: 212) and Gnaspini & Peck (2019: 6). Distribution: Neotropical. Note: Many (tens) undescribed species (e.g., Gnaspini & Peck, 1996: 406); one undetermined (?undescribed) species from Tobago Island (of Trinidad and Tobago) (Peck et al., 2002: 12); four undetermined species (based on females) “described” in Salgado, 2008b: 218 (Ecuador), 2013a: 89 (Peru), 2013b: 77 (Ecuador), and 2016b: 60 (Ecuador) (they might have been described afterwards, but Salgado has made no further reference to those materials). Biology: Most species seem to be carrion scavengers in moist lowland or montane forests. Some occur as troglophiles in caves.
- 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 pages 41-42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4741.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3772899