Descriptions of Four New Species of Leptophloeus Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) from the United States

Authors

Michael C. Thomas, Florida State Collection of Arthropods
Kyle E. Schnepp, North Carolina State UniversityFollow

ORCID IDs

Schnepp 0000-0003-3056-4897

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2025

Citation

Insecta Mundi (2025) 1104

February 28, 2025

ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F99EEAF1-B59E-42C6-8B4D-344A8BA80516

Comments

Copyright 2025, the authors. Open access

License: CC BY-NC 3.0

Abstract

Four new species of Leptophloeus Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) are described: L. barbarus Thomas and Schnepp is described from Florida; L. glacialis Thomas and Schnepp is described from Alaska; L. peregrinus Thomas and Schnepp is described from Hawaii; and L. shoshone Thomas and Schnepp is described from Wyoming. Diagnoses and figures are provided for the new species.