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REVIEW OF THE WESTERN NEARCTIC SPECIES OF ATHOUS (COLEOPTERA: ELATERIDAE), WITH A KEY TO THE SPECIES NORTH OF PANAMA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Edward C. Becker
Edward C. Becker
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Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C6
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Abstract

The western Canadian species of Athous are described and illustrated in detail. Notes are given for the other western nearctic species including the description of a new subspecies, A. rufiventris brighti, from Arizona. A key to the species and subspecies north of Panama is presented.

A lectotype is designated for Athous varius Lane. Several new synonymies are proposed: Athous excavatus carmeli Van Dyke is a synonym of excavatus (Motschulsky) and excavatus angelicus Van Dyke is a synonym of axillaris Horn; orophilus Harold (= montanus LeConte) and nugalis Fall are synonyms of nigropilis Motschulsky.

Two names have been overlooked by North American cataloguers: Athous fallianus Reitter, an unnecessary replacement name for Athous aterrimus Fall and which now becomes a new synonym of aterrimus; and Athous debilitatus Candèze, a necessary replacement name for Athous debilis LeConte and which is now recognized as a valid species, Conoderus debilitatus (see section on species previously described in Athous).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 111 , Issue 5 , May 1979 , pp. 569 - 614
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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