Revision of the Mexican Genus Mitys Champion (Tenebrionidae: Stenochiinae: Cnodalonini)

Aaron D. Smith; Angela Rincon

doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2019.69.1.002

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31 March 2019 Revision of the Mexican Genus Mitys Champion (Tenebrionidae: Stenochiinae: Cnodalonini)

Aaron D. Smith, Angela Rincon

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Annales Zoologici, 69(1):53-64 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2019.69.1.002

Abstract

The flightless Cnodalonini genus MitysChampion, 1885 is revised. Lectotypes are designated for Mitys laevisChampion, 1885 and Mitys inflatusChampion, 1885, and the holotype of Mitys opacusChampion, 1885 is imaged. Mitys opacusChampion, 1885 is synonymized with Mitys politus (Brême, 1842). Three additional species are described herein: M. durangoensissp. nov., M. rileyi, sp. nov., and M. sprouseisp. nov. The genus is currently known only from Mexico, and appears to occur primarily in montane habitats based on existing locality records. Generic affinities between Mitys and other Neotropical Cnodalonini genera are discussed, particularly the relationship between Mitys and OxidatesChampion, 1886. A key to the known Mitys species and distribution maps are provided.

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Aaron D. Smith and Angela Rincon "Revision of the Mexican Genus Mitys Champion (Tenebrionidae: Stenochiinae: Cnodalonini)," Annales Zoologici 69(1), 53-64, (31 March 2019). https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2019.69.1.002

Received: 4 February 2019; Accepted: 5 March 2019; Published: 31 March 2019

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