Carcinops troglodytes

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Histeridae
Genus: Carcinops

Name

Carcinops troglodytes (Paykull) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

Diagnosis

Small size (length: 2.1–2.3 mm, width: 1.4–1.6 mm). Body oval, elongated, parallel, black, shiny, with reddish legs. Pronotum with finer and sparse punctation, longer on lateral area, with a large puncture on medial part close to posterior margin. Pronotal hypomeron glabrous in dorsal view. Elytron with finer and sparse punctation in intervals; dorsal elytral striae 1–5 complete, well demarcated with punctures, sutural stria present, reduced on basal part. Pygidium without grooves. Protibiae with teeth expanded and 2 short, separated denticles and a long apical spur; proximal half of outer margin serrate, with small spurs.

Distribution

Cosmopolitan (Mazur 2011). New record for Argentina.

Taxon Treatment

• Aballay, F; Arriagada, G; Flores, G; Néstor D. Centeno, ; 2013: An illustrated key to and diagnoses of the species of Histeridae (Coleoptera) associated with decaying carcasses in Argentina ZooKeys, 261: 61-84. doi

Images

Figures 3–4. Prosternum in ventral view. 3 Carcinops (Carcinops) troglodytes 4 Euspilotus (Hesperosaprinus) modestus.  Figures 5–10. Habitus in dorsal view. 5Carcinops (Carcinops) troglodytes 6 Hololepta (Leionota) reichii. 7 Phelister rufinotus 8 Euspilotus (s. str.) lacordairei 9 Euspilotus (s. str.) patagonicus 10 Xerosaprinus (Xerosaprinus) diptychus. Scale bars: 2 mm. Scale bars: 2 mm.