A taxonomic revision of the Cymindis (Pinacodera) limbata species group (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini), including description of a new species from Florida, U.S.A.

Abstract

The Cymindis (Pinacodera) limbata species group (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini) is a precinctive New World taxon with ranges extended from portions of temperate southeastern Canada and the U.S.A. through the montane regions of Mexico, south to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The group is distinguishable from all other members of the subgenus Pinacodera by males possessing a distinctive sclerite (endophallic plate) at the apex of the endophallus. In the past, a lack of material and misunderstandings of range of variation within species have contributed to confusion about how many species there really are.This revision of the limbata species group includes a classification, a key to groups within the subgenus Pinacodera and species within the limbata group, descriptions of species, re-rankings and new synonymies. In total 10 taxa are treated, with 6 new synonyms proposed, 1 new combination introduced and 1 new species described: Cymindis (Pinacodera) rufostigma (type locality: Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County, Florida, U.S.A.). Each taxon is characterized in terms of structural features of adults, habitat, geographical distribution, and chorological affinities. Available ecological information and treatments of variation are included.

A taxonomic review of the pericaline ground-beetles in Taiwan, with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini)

“…Measurements were made at 25× with a Wild M5 stereoscopic microscope fitted with an ocular micrometer. Various measurements are expressed in the text by these abbreviations previously used by Ball and Shpeley (2005) and Hunting (2013). Terms used for structural characters follow Shpeley and Ball (1983), and Hunting (2008, 2013) and other authors (see also Figure 1 and Legend for Figure 1).…”

“…Various measurements are expressed in the text by these abbreviations previously used by Ball and Shpeley (2005) and Hunting (2013). Terms used for structural characters follow Shpeley and Ball (1983), and Hunting (2008, 2013) and other authors (see also Figure 1 and Legend for Figure 1). For some characters of the genital tract of both males and females, no nomenclature has been developed, so in these instances informal descriptive words or phrases are used.…”

A new genus record and species of Dromoceryx Schmidt-Goebel, 1846 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini) from Taiwan, with a revised key to species

“…Measurements were made at 25× with a Wild M5 stereoscopic microscope fitted with an ocular micrometer. Various measurements are expressed in the text by abbreviations, as used by Ball and Shpeley (2005) and Hunting (2013):…”

Phylogenetic reassessment and biogeography of theEctateusgeneric group (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Platynotina)

“…Several cases of these kinds of relationships have been presented for different beetle families (cf. Darlington, 1943;Lawrence et al 2011;Franz, 2012;Hunting, 2013).…”