Halocoryza
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Carabidae
Name
Halocoryza Alluaud, 1919: 100 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Type species
Halocoryza maindroni Alluaud, 1919[1]:101
Number of species
Four
Taxonomy
Stable. Adelphotaxon: Schizogenius Putzeys, 1846
Geographic Distribution
Equatorial to Tropic of Cancer; sea coasts and islands of east Africa – Comoros – Mayotte; Djibouti; Madagascar; Mauritius; Saudi Arabia; Somalia; and natural invasive from the Caribbean into west Africa – Cameroon; Ecuador – Galapagos Islands; Barbados; Brazil – Pernambuco; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Jamaica; México – BJ, GO, QR, YC; Panamá; Puerto Rico; USA – FL; Virgin Islands – St. John, St. Thomas
Habitat
Sea beaches and mangrove intertidal zone
References
Bruneau de Miré (1979)[2], Lorenz (2005)[3], Peck (2006)[4], Vinson (1956)[5], Whitehead (1966)[6]
Note
The common name, Saline Catarrh Beetles, proposed here follows my principle of translating the scientific name as strictly as possible. In this case, “coryza” comes from the Greek, koryza, meaning cold, catarrh, as in disease. Why Alluaud named the genus so is not known.
Diagnostic Combination
Differing in adult attributes from those of its adelphotaxon, Schizogenius Putzeys, 1846, by the following: Pygidium not striate or with very subtly crenulate striae; antennomere 2 pluristose. In addition, mandibles prominent, nearly straight laterally, abruptly angulate near apices; lacinia asetose on outer margin; frontal carinae nearly perfectly regular, parallel, equidistant, and equally raised; frons evenly convex; neck not pitted or punctate dorsally; eyes reduced, bordered laterally by a distinct carina; gula broad; mentum not deeply emarginate at middle, with median tooth obsolete and epilobes short; tarsi short; paramedian carinae of sternum II short, widely spaced and poorly developed; median lobe of male genitalia neither arcuate nor abruptly deflexed in apical third; fused stylus and coxite of the ovipositor with one robust seta (Whitehead, 1966, 1972).
Geographic Distribution
Sea beaches, intertidal lagoons on the edges of mangroves, and island shores of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, the Caribbean Sea, Sea of Cortés, and the Gulf of México.
Included Species
The species list below, as well as arrangement of descriptions that follow is ordered alphabetically. {| class="wikitable" ; style="width: 100%" |+ ' |- | Halocoryza acapulcana Whitehead 1966[6] || Ecuador; México |- | Halocoryza arenaria (Darlington, 1939) || Barbados; Brazil; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Jamaica; México; Panamá; Puerto Rico; USA; Virgin Islands; Africa – Cameroon |- | Halocoryza maindroni Alluaud 1919 || Comoros – Mayotte; Djibouti; Madagascar; Mauritius; Saudi Arabia; Somalia |- | Halocoryza whiteheadiana sp. n. || México |}
Key to the Species of Halocoryza Alluaud, 1919
Taxon Treatment
- Erwin, T; 2011: Halocoryza Alluaud 1919, sea-side beetles of the Indian, Atlantic ( sensu lato), and Pacific Oceans: a generic synopsis and description of a remarkable new species from Baja California Sur, México (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Scaritini, Clivinina) ZooKeys, 127: 1-13. doi
Other References
- ↑ Alluaud, C (1919) Contributions à l’étude des Carabiques d’Afrique et de Madagascar [Col.] XXIII. Observations sur divers Clinindes; descriptions d’une race, d’une espèce et d’un genre nouveaux. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 1919: 99-102.
- ↑ Bruneau de Miré P (1979) Trans-Atlantic dispersal: Several examples of colonization of the Gulf of Biafra by Middle American stocks of Carabidae. In: Erwin T Ball G Whitehead D Halpern A (Eds). Carabid Beetles: Their evolution, natural history, and classification. Proceedings of the First International Symposium of Carabidology. Dr. W. Junk b.v. Publishers, The Hague: 327-330.
- ↑ Lorenz W (2005) Systematic list of extant ground beetles of the world (Insecta, Coleoptera «Geadephaga»: Trachypachidae and Carabidae, incl. Paussinae, Cicindelinae, Rhysodinae). Tutzing, iv + 530 pp.
- ↑ Peck S (2006) The Beetles of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera). National Research Council of Canada, NRC Research Press, Ottawa.
- ↑ Vinson J (1956) A new scaritine beetle from Mauritius. Mauritius Institute Bulletin 3: 313-316.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Whitehead D (1966) A review of Halocoryza Alluaud, with notes on its relationship to Schizogenius Putzeys (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Psyche 73: 217-228.
