Peltinodinae, Paulian, 1950

Leschen, Richard A. B. & Bowestead, Stanley, 2001, Synonymical Notes For Corylophidae And Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea), The Coleopterists Bulletin 55 (3), pp. 312-316 : 312-313

North American Peltinodinae

Holopsis Broun, 1883: 498 .

Type species: Holopsis nigellus Broun, 1883 (designated by Bowestead 1999).

Corylophodes Matthews, 1885: 160 . Type species: Corylophodes punctipennis Matthews, 1899 (designated by Paulian 1950). Synonymized by Matthews 1899: 145.

Bathona Casey, 1900: 62 . Type species: Bathona corolinae Casey, 1900 (here designated). New synonymy.

Peltinodes Paulian, 1950: 19 . Type species: Peltinodes gigas ( Abeille de Perrin, 1894) (by monotypy). Synonymized by Bowestead 1999: 23.

Notes. We examined the type specimens described by Casey (1900) that led to the generic synonymy of Bathona with Holopsis . The new combinations are Holopsis carolinae (Casey) , H. virginica (Casey) , H. convexa (Casey) , and H. sphaericula (Casey) . Peltinodinae is a monogeneric subfamily that can be recognized by the basally open procoxal cavities (a key to the higher taxa is included in Bowestead 1999).

Material Examined ( USNM). United States: Bathona carolinae Casey ; Lectotype female (present designation) labelled ‘‘N.C. [= North Carolina], Casey bequest 1925, Type USNM 48390 , Bathona carolinae Cas. , det Holopsis carolinae (Casey) by S. Bowestead’ ’. Bathona virginica Casey ; labelled ‘‘Va [=Virginia], Casey bequest 1925, virginica 3, Paratype USNM 48391 , det Holopsis virginica (Casey) by S. Bowestead’ ’.