Airora
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Trogossitidae
Name
Airora Reitter, 1876 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Airora Reitter, E. 1876: 18.
Type species:
Trogossita cylindrica Serville, 1828 [designated by Barron 1971[1]]
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7. Barron, J. R. 1971: 64. Kolibáč, J. 2005: 41 (redescription). Kolibáč, J. 2006: 111 (phylogeny)
Temnochilodes Léveillé, 1890 [type species: Temnochilodes dugesi Léveillé, 1890]
Léveillé, A. 1910: 9. Kolibáč, J. 2005: 41 (synonymized)
Description
Body size: about 7.0–16.0 mm. Body shape elongate. Gular sutures narrow, subparallel at apex. Frontoclypeal suture absent. Frons: longitudinal groove or depression absent. Cranium ventrally: tufts of long setae at sides present. Submentum: ctenidium absent. Antennal groove present. Eyes: size flat. Eyes number: two. Epicranial acumination deep. Lacinial hooks absent. Galea: shape elongate. Galea: ciliate setae absent. Mediostipes-Lacinia not fused. Palpifer: outer edge denticulate. Mandibular apical teeth number: two, vertically situated. Mola reduced but present. Penicillus (at base) present (fine, often membranous). Pubescence above mola or cutting edge absent. Ventral furrow present. Basal notch moderate. Labrum-Cranium not fused. Epipharyngial sclerite present. Lateral tormal process: projection curved downwards, processes not connected (Airora). Ligula: ciliate setae absent. Ligula rigid, strongly retroflexed, deeply emarginate. Hypopharyngeal sclerite consisting of two separate parts. Antenna 11-segmented. Antennal club asymmetrical, sensorial fields present. Front coxal cavities externally closed, internally open. Pronotum elongate. Prepectus absent. Middle coxal cavities open. Elytra: long hairs absent. Epipleuron moderate. Elytral interlocking mechanism present, carinae reduced. Elytral punctation regular, scales absent. Wing: radial cell oblong (or reduced), wedge cell present, cross vein MP3-4 present, cross vein AA1+2-3+4 absent. Front tibiae: spines along side large. Hooked spur present. Claws: denticle absent. Parasternites number along ventrites III–VII: one. Spiculum gastrale absent. Tegmen composed of two parts. Coxitae undivided.
Larva: Frontal arms V-shaped. Epicranial stem reduced. Endocarina present. Gular sutures conspicuous, parallel. Gula: anterior apodemes absent. Paragular sclerites present. Hypostomal rods absent. Stemmata number: five. Mandibular apical teeth number: two, horizontally situated. Lacinia mandibulae absent. Mola absent. Maxillary palpi 3-segmented. Cardo: size much smaller than stipes. Labial palpi 2-segmented. Prementum in single part. Antennal joints 1 and 2 elongate. Sensory appendix very small. Thoracic sclerites pattern (dorsally) 1-2-2. Thoracic sclerites pattern (ventrally) 3+1+1. Abdominal segment IX not divided. Tergite IX flat. Urogomphi present, hooked; median process absent.
Biology
Predatory. In USA, adults dwell mostly on branches and logs of various species of pine. Some specimens were also collected from the bush Cercidiumcorreyanum and some emerged from the fungus Fomesapplanatus. Airora minuta adults were observed preying on the bark beetle Hylocurus. (All Barron 1971[1].)
Distribution
From Brazil to Canada.
Species:
Airora aequalis Reitter, 1876; Canada, USA, Mexico (JRB)
Barron, J. R. 1971: 65 (syn. Airora bicolor Casey, 1916; synonymized by Schaeffer 1920[2]: 193?). Barron, J. R. 1971: 67 (syn. Airora polita Casey, 1916; synonymized by author). Barron, J. R. 1971: 67 (syn. Airora punctiventris Casey, 1916; synonymized by author)
Airora apicalis Reitter, 1876; Colombia (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7
Airora bituberculata Léveillé, 1905; Brazil (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7
Airora canescens Reitter, 1876; Central America (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7
Airora centralis Sharp, 1891; Mexico, Guatemala, Panama (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7
Airora cylindrica Serville, 1828; Canada, USA, Mexico (JRB)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7. Barron, J. R. 1971: 65 (syn. Airora nigellus Melsheimer, 1846; synonymized by whom?). Barron, J. R. 1971: 65 (syn. Airora teres Melsheimer, 1846; synonymized by author). Böving, A. G. & Craighead, F. C. 1931: 273 (larva). Léveillé, A. 1910: 7 (Airora teres Melsheimer, 1846 = syn. Airora aequalis Reitter, 1877; synonymized by Léveillé 1910[3]: 7). Kolibáč, J. 2005: 42 (redescription). Reitter, E. 1876: 21 (syn. Hypophloeus teres Melsheimer, 1846)
Airora decipiens Léveillé, 1899; Mexico (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7
Airora dugesi Léveillé, 1890; Mexico (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 9 (Temnochilodes). Kolibáč, J. 2005: 43 (redescription, combination)
Airora ferruginea Léveillé, 1905; Venezuela (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7
Airora grouvellei Léveillé, 1889; Colombia (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7
Airora humeralis Léveillé, 1894; Brazil (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7
Airora longicollis Guérin, 1846; Central and South America (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7 (syn. Airora clivinoides Reitter, 1876; synonymized by author?)
Airora mathani Léveillé, 1878; Bolivia (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7
Airora minuta Schaeffer, 1918; USA: Arizona, California (JRB)
Barron, J. R. 1971: 69
Airora modesta Léveillé, 1907; Venezuela (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7
Airora parallelicollis Léveillé, 1894; Brazil, Venezuela (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7
Airora pollens Sharp, 1891; Mexico (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7
Airora procera Reitter, 1876; Bolivia, Paraguay (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7
Airora striatopunctata Reitter, 1876; West Indies, Brazil (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7
Airora suturata Léveillé, 1894; Brazil (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7
Airora vicina Léveillé, 1903; Brazil (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 7
Airora wagneri Léveillé, 1907; Argentina (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 8
Airora yucatanica Sharp, 1891; Mexico (AL)
Léveillé, A. 1910: 8
Taxon Treatment
- Kolibáč, J; 2013: Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys ZooKeys, 366: 1-194. doi
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Barron J (1971) A revision of the Trogositidae of America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 75: 1-143. doi: 10.4039/entm10375fv
- ↑ Schaeffer C (1920) Ostomidae. In: Leng C (Ed) Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Mont Vernon, N.Y., 193-194.
- ↑ Léveillé A (1910) Temnochilidae. In: Schenkling S (Ed) Coleopterorum Catalogus 11, W. Junk, Berlin, 40 pp.
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