Wirth Christopher C, Smith Aaron D
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, PO Box 5640, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011-5640, USA..
Zootaxa. 2017 Nov 14;4347(3):533-542. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.3.6.
The rarely collected, previously monotypic, darkling beetle genus Trichiotes is reviewed, including new state and country records for T. seriatus Casey, 1907 and a new species, Trichiotes lightfooti Wirth & Smith, n. sp., is described from the Cuatrociénegas Protected Area in Coahuila, Mexico. Differences in stridulatory structures between the species are discussed and the occurrence of a waxy, extracuticular pruinescence is reported for Trichiotes. A species key to the genus is provided and a checklist of the known Tenebrionidae from the Cuatrociénegas region is presented.
对罕有采集记录、以前为单型的拟步甲属Trichiotes进行了综述,包括1907年Casey描述的细纹拟步甲T. seriatus的新的州和国家分布记录,并描述了一个新物种,即来自墨西哥科阿韦拉州夸特罗谢内加斯保护区的莱特富特氏拟步甲Trichiotes lightfooti Wirth & Smith,新种。讨论了该属物种之间摩擦发音结构的差异,并报道了拟步甲属存在蜡质的表皮外粉被。提供了该属的分种检索表,并列出了夸特罗谢内加斯地区已知拟步甲科的名录。