Microstagetus parvulus Wollaston, 1861

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x(2001)055[0312:snfcac]2.0.co;2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15683101
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scientific name	Microstagetus parvulus Wollaston, 1861
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Microstagetus parvulus Wollaston, 1861 . New Record from North America.

Notes. A dissected female confirmed that the specimens collected in Oklahoma are M. parvulus , a species introduced from the Palaearctic. Microstagetus is a genus containing two species with an Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Afrotropical distribution. Of the two described genera of Old World Corylophini , Microstagetus can be distinguished from Corylophus Stephens by having a small projecting plate on the anterior margin of the prosternum, antenna with antennomeres 4 and 6 well developed, and a vestigial spermatheca.

Material Examined (7, USNM). United States: Oklahoma, Latimer Co., VIII.1987, Karl Stephan , det Microstagetus ? by J. Pakaluk, det Microstagetus parvulus Wollaston , by S. Bowestead.