ZooKeys 430: A Synopsis of the Tribe Lachnophorini, With a New Genus of Neotropical Distribution and a Revision of the Neotropical Genus Asklepia Liebke, 1938 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae)

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A synopsis of the Tribe Lachnophorini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Western and Eastern Hemispheres is provided: 15 Western Hemisphere genera (mostly Neotropical) and three Eastern Hemisphere genera (Paleotropical and Australian) including five genera previously misplaced in carabid classifications. In addition, a complete revision of the genus Asklepia Liebke 1938 with four new combinations and the description of twenty-three new species in the genus is presented.

The synopsis includes a key to genera among the Lachnophorini, as well as a key to the species of the Neotropical genus Asklepia establishing the groundwork for future taxonomic work on these morphologically and strikingly varied beetles. In turn, this classification provides a rational basis for exploration of diversity and divergence within each of the lachnophorine genera.

Contents

Introduction 5

Methods and materials 8

Accounts of taxa 10
Supertribe Odacanthitae 10
Key to the Tribes of Odacanthitae of the Western Hemisphere 10
Lachnophorini LeConte, 1853 10
Key to the genera of the Lachnophorini 11
Synopsis of genera herein assigned to the Tribe Lachnophorini 14
Aeolodermus Andrewes, 1929 14
Amphithasus Bates, 1871 14
Anchonoderus Reiche, 1843 16
Aporesthus Bates, 1871 16
Asklepia Liebke, 1938 (see revision below) 18
Calybe Laporte de Castelnau, 1834 18
Diplacanthogaster Liebke, 1932 18
Ega Laporte de Castelnau, 1835 20
Eucaerus LeConte, 1853 20
Euphorticus Horn, 1881 22
Guatemalteca Erwin, 2004 22
Homethes Newman, 1842 24
Lachnaces Bates, 1872 24
Lachnophorus Dejean, 1831. 24
Peruphorticus Erwin & Zamorano, gen. n. 26
Peruphorticus gulliveri Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n 26
Pseudophorticus Erwin, 2004 30
Quammenis Erwin, 2000 30
Selina Motschulsky, 1858 31
Stenocheila Laporte de Castelnau, 1832 31
Revision of the genus Asklepia Liebke, 1938 32
Asklepia Liebke, 1938 32
Key to the species of Asklepia Liebke, 1938 34
geminata species group 36
Asklepia geminata (Bates, 1871), comb. n 36
hilaris species group 39
Asklepia campbellorum Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n. 39
Asklepia demiti Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n. 41
Asklepia duofos Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n. 43
Asklepia grammechrysea Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n. 44
Asklepia hilaris (Bates, 1871), comb. n. 48
Asklepia laetitia Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n. 49
Asklepia lebioides (Bates, 1871), comb. n. 50
A synopsis of the tribe Lachnophorini, with a new genus of Neotropical distribution 51
Asklepia matomena Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n. 52
pulchripennis species group 54
Asklepia adisi Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n. 55
Asklepia asuncionensis Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n. 57
Asklepia biolat Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n. 58
Asklepia bracheia Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n. 60
Asklepia cuiabaensis Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n. 62
Asklepia ecuadoriana Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n. 64
Asklepia kathleenae Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n. 65
Asklepia macrops Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n. 67
Asklepia marchantaria Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n. 69
Asklepia marituba Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n. 71
Asklepia pakitza Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n. 72
Asklepia paraguayensis Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n. 74
Asklepia pulchripennis (Bates, 1871), comb. n. 76
Asklepia samiriaensis Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n. 77
Asklepia stalametlitos Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n. 79
Asklepia strandi Liebke, 1938 80
Asklepia surinamensis Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n. 81
Asklepia vigilante Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n. 85

Summary and future directions 90
Acknowledgements 93
References 93
Appendix 1 99
Appendix 2 108

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