Species in North America (Canada to Panama) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Rhynchophorinae)

p. 119-198 : ill., maps ; 26 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-196) and index."The 69 species of Rhodobaenus in North America are revised and lectotypes are designated for many of Champion's species. Three species (aterrimus, mundus, and octocostatus of Champion) are transferred from Sphenophorus to Rhodobaenus. Eight new synonyms are recorded: unidentatus Champion of guttatus (Fahraeus); dentifer Champion of incertus (Champion); maculipes Champion of cinctus (Gyllenhal); niger Champion of pulchellus (Gyllenhal); triangularis Champion of quinquepunctatus (Say); elegans, corniculatus of Chevrolat, and graphicus Champion, all of auctus Chevrolat. Five taxa listed in the catalogues as varieties of tredecimpunctatus (Illiger) are considered valid species: auctus Chevrolat, nigripennis Champion, lebasii (Gyllenhal), quinquepunctatus (Say), and thoracicus (Gyllenhal). Seven new species are described: bellus and melas, Costa Rica; buchanani, inopinatus, latens, mas, and quintas, Mexico. Additional locality records for previously described species are given"--P. 121

North American Languriidae

p. 123-155 : ill. ; 27 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-155)

Genera Rhinostomus and Yuccaborus

57 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-57)

New species of breviscapus group

4 p. : ill. ; 26 cm."Two new species of the breviscapus species group of Cholus, subgenus Aphyoramphus, are described, as well as the hitherto unknown female of breviscapus. The new species are howdenae from South America and guttatus from Panama"--P. [1].Includes 1 bibliographical reference (p. 4)

New tiger beetles

12 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Species groups basalis, breviscapus, and undulatus

15 p. : ill. ; 26 cm."Nine species of three species groups of Cholus, subgenus Aphyoramphus, of South America are reviewed. Four of these are new: breviscapus, goniaeus, impunctus, and seabrai"--P. [1].Includes bibliographical references (p. 14-15)

Genera Mesocordylus and Orthognathus

78 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-78)."The New World genera Mesocordylus and Orthognathus are revised. Keys are given to the species of these two genera and to the genera of the tribe Sipalini. Following a diagnosis and detailed description of each species, the sexual dimorphism, distribution, ecology, and synonymy are discussed. A checklist of the species is given. Ten new species of Mesocordylus and one of Orthognathus are described from the Antilles, Mexico, Central and South America. Three indeterminate species are discussed following the accounts of Mesocordylus. The approximately 700 specimens examined and the collection to which they belong are listed"--P. 76

Species in South America (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Rhynchophorinae)

44 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-44)."The genus Rhodobaenus is redescribed and the 29 species of South America are revised. The 29 species include five of the 15 formerly considered as the nawradii group which is here broken up and incorporated with the other species. Ten of the 29 species occur also in Central America or Mexico. Rhodobaenus lebasii (Gyllenhal) is resurrected as a valid species with three new synonyms: femoralis Chevrolat, vittatipennis, and immaculatus of Champion. Additional new synonymy is recorded: ruficollis (Hustache) of aduncus (Erichson); goyaensis (Hustache) of rufirostris (Hustache); cordifer Voss of schnusei Günther; saucius (Gyllenhal) and implicatus, crucicollis, miniatus, nigricornis, bipunctatus, and quinquemaculatus of Chevrolat of suturalis (Gyllenhal). Seven new species are described: R. bivittatus, Bolivia; curvus, Colombia; nivosus, Venezuela; pullus and riparius, Ecuador; quadrus, Peru; rhinopilus, Paraguay. Lectotypes are designated for several species of Champion and Günther"--P. 5

Neotropical Cholinae

80 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-78) and index."Cholus is considered tentatively to include two subgenera, Cholus Germar and Aphyoramphus Guérin-Méneville, but only Cholus is revised in the present paper. Keys are given to the 63 species of the subgenus Cholus, which are arranged in 10 species groups, to the genera of the Cholini and Cholomini, and to the three tribes of Cholinae. Dionychus is placed in synonymy with Cholus. Fifteen new species are described from six countries of South America: acuminatus, apicalis, cephale, cinereus, coloreus, grandis, hirsutus, indubitatus, leopardinus, longus, magnidens, planus, pubescens, sagittarius, and varians"--P. 5

Genus Sipalinus

43 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-43)."In the present revision of the genus Sipalinus of the Old World, five species from Africa and two from Eurasia and Australasia are recognized as valid. Included is a new species, yunnanensis, from Likiang, Yunnan, China. The widespread Asian species, gigas, is considered to be polytypic, one species being chiefly continental and northern, the other insular and generally more southern. Two names listed in catalogues are removed from the genus, elephas Fabricius, 1781 and porosus Walker, 1859. Geographic ranges, ecology, and synonyms are discussed; drawings, maps, and photographs are presented; parts of the male and female genitalia are shown for the first time"--P. 40