Aegialia latispina Le Conte 1878

Aegialia (Aegialia) latispina LeConte

Aegialia latispina LeConte, 1878:611—Horn, 1887:104—Brown, 1931:48—Hatch, 1971:442—Stebnicka, 1977:457—Gordon and Cartwright, 1977:43

DESCRIPTION—Length 350 to 50 mm, greatest width 175 to 250 mm Form elongate, convex, widest behind middle (Figure 21) Color reddish brown to nearly black except prosternum, leg, apex of abdomen brownish red to yellow Head densely granulate, lacking punctations; clypeal apex feebly emarginate, gena slightly produced Pronotum slightly alutaceous, coarsely punctate, punctations separated by 1½ times a diameter or less; base lacking marginal line Elytron with interval feebly convex, impunctate, strial punctations separated by less than a diameter Metasternum polished, impunctate medially Functional wings present Middle tibia short, extremely wide at apex, without complete transverse carina, apical spurs slender, outer spur as long as first 3 tarsal segments; hindfemur with apical flange obsolete; hindtibia relatively slender, strongly widened at apex, without complete transverse carina, apical spurs slender, somewhat spatulate, spurs subequal in length Male genitalia as in Figure 53; female genital plate as figured by Stebnicka (1977, fig 79)

LECTOTYPE—Designated herein LeConte (1878:67) stated that he had 2 specimens of A latispina, which he had received from Mr Crotch We here designate and label a female in the MCZ coullection labeled “Cala m/ae latispina Lec/TYPE 3723 [red paper]/J LeConte collection” as the lectotype There are 2 additional specimens in the series, one of these is labeled “Cal m”; we consider this to be the second type specimen mentioned by LeConte and label it as a paralectotype

TYPE LOCALITY—“Mohave Desert” (lectotype here designated)

TYPE DEPOSITORY—MCZ

REMARKS—The slender body form, coarsely punctate pronotum, and lack of a basal marginal line on the pronotum distinguish A latispina (see “Remarks” under A amplipunctata) This species has a rather typical Pacific states distribution except for specimens from Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado that are undoubtedly A latispina

DISTRIBUTION—Washington to southern California Disjunct Localities: Arizona: Prescott Colorado: El Paso New Mexico: Jemez Mts New Records: California: Bear Lake; Ben Lomond; Calaveras Co, Big Trees; Calaveras Co, Camp Connell; Carmel; Davis; Eldorado Co, Whitehall; Marin Co, Taylorville; Mohawk; Napa Co; San Bernardino Co, Miller Canyon; Santa Susanna; Sequoia National Park; Shasta Co, Buckhorn Summit; Sonoma Co; Tulare Co, Barview St Park Washington: Grays Harbor Co, Westport

Aegialia latispina is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in North America.