Odontolytes denominatus

Odontolytes denominatus (Chevrolat, 1864) Fig. 49B Auperia denominata Chevrolat, 1864: 413. Ataenius arator Harold, 1869b: 102. Ataenius euglyptus Bates, 1887: 97. Odontolytes brevinotus Chapin, 1940: 39–40. Ataenius benjaminbanderai Islas, 1955: 497–499. Phalangochaeta grandis Petrovitz, 1973: 179–181. Ataenius sciurus Cartwright, 1974: 65. Odontolytes denominatus – Krell et al. 2011: 175. Diagnosis Length 6.4 – 7.0 mm. Body elongate, piceous. Head punctate; punctures elongate near frons; clypeus emarginate. Pronotum with double (fine and coarse) puncturation; lateral margins weakly explanate. Elytra convex, humeral denticle sharp; interstriae convex, visibly punctate; 10 th interstria flat with row of minute granules. Mesoventrite with fine mesometasternal carina. Sexual dimorphism Males with pronotal punctures more widely spaced and posterior marginal line deeper and wider than those of females; fifth abdominal ventrite shorter than that of female, disc of pygidium is longer and the basal tarsomere of metatarsus are thicker. Collecting information Specimens were collected with black lights. Remarks Specimens were unavailable for the present study, the information here presented was taken from the available literature (Stebnicka 2002, 2009).