Syzeton signatus Gompel 2022, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Gompel, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Aderidae
Syzeton
Syzeton signatus

description: Syzeton signatus (Haldeman, 1848), comb. nov.
(Figures 2l; 3l; 4f; 5l)
Euglenes signatus Haldeman, 1848: 97;
Lectotype: “ New York, Carolina ” (MCZC) (Werner, 1990)
Zonantes signatus (Haldeman, 1848): Werner (1990)
Material examined. United States. Alabama: Blount County, Highland Lake, (280 m) [33°53’ N 86°25’ W], light trap, 29.VII.2012, T. King leg. (3 ♀♀, FSCA); Dale County, Level Plains [31°17’ N 85°46’ W], black light trap, 6.IV.2015, R. Turnbow leg. (2 ♂♂, FSCA); Dale County, Level Plains [31°17’ N 85°46’ W], black light trap, 24.VI.2015, R. Turnbow leg. (1 ♂, FSCA); Dale County, Level Plains [31°17’ N 85°46’ W], black light trap, 17.III.2016, R. Turnbow leg. (1 ♂, FSCA); Dale County, Level Plains [31°17’ N 85°46’ W], black light trap, 13.V.2016, R. Turnbow leg. (1 ♂, FSCA); Dale County, Level Plains [31°17’ N 85°46’ W], black light trap, 17.VII.2016, R. Turnbow leg. (1 ♀, FSCA). Florida: Alachua County, Gainesville [29°39’ N 82°19’ W], black light trap, 3.XII.1978, M. C. Thomas leg. (1 ♂, FSCA); Alachua County, Gainesville [29°39’ N 82°19’ W], black light trap,. VII.1984, M. J. Plagens leg. (1 ♀, FSCA); Alachua County, Gainesville, San Felasco Hammock Preserve State [29°42’ N 82°27’ W], 15.IX.1988, M. C. Thomas leg. (1 ♂, FSCA); Columbia County, O’Leno State Park, (20 m) [29°55’ N 82°36’ W], 28.IV.1991, R. Turnbow leg. (1 ♂, FSCA); Leon County, Woodville, Natural Wells Road [30°17’ N 84°14’ W], 26.III.2015, M. Haseeb & G. B. Marshall leg. (1 ♂, FSCA). Louisiana: West Feliciana Parish, Nature Conservancy Easement, 15 mi. E of St. Francisville [30°47’40” N 91°15’15” W], Woods near pond, UV, 30.III.2015, M. H. Evans leg. (2 ♀♀ and 1 ♂, WIRC). Missouri: Shannon County, Mark Twain National Forest, 8.4 km S of Birch Tree, (220 m) [36°55’01” N 91°30’33” W], Pine-oak woodland, Beaten from branches of hardwood tree, 23.VIII.2010, J. P. Gruber leg. (1 ♂, WIRC). Oklahoma: Latimer County [34°50’ N 95°18’ W],. X.2002, K. Stephan leg. (1 sp., TAMU). South Carolina: Chesterfield County, Sand Hills State Forest, 6.5 km WNW of Patrick, (100 m) [34°35’12” N 80°06’56” W], Mixed coniferous/hardwood forest, Beaten from branches of Cornus florida, 22.VIII.2011, J. P. Gruber leg. (2 ♂♂, WIRC); Chesterfield County, Sand Hills State Forest, 9.6 km East of Patrick, Parking area of Middendorf Pond [34°32’39” N 80°08’37” W], Forest edge, Beaten from branches of hardwood tree, 22.VIII.2011, J. P. Gruber leg. (1 sp., NGPC). Texas: Brazos County, College Station, Lick Creek Park, (70 m) [30°33’38” N 96°13’03” W], 21.V.2004, E. G. Riley leg. (6 sp., TAMU); Hardin County, Roy E. Larsen Preserve, (20 m) [30°20’ N 94°14’ W], beating burned schrub, 19.IV.1980, J. E. Wappes leg. (1 ♀, FSCA); Sabine County, Sabine National Forest, 12.6 km, ESE of Hemphill [31°16’42” N 93°44’10” W], Mixed hardwood/coniferous forest, Beaten from branches of Quercus sp., 13.III.2013, J. P. Gruber leg. (1 ♂, WIRC; 2 sp., NGPC), 14.III.2013, J. P. Gruber leg. (1 ♀ and 3 ♂♂, WIRC); San Jacinto County, Sam Houston National Forest, Big Creek Scenic Area [30°30’22” N 95°05’20” W], Mixed hardwood/coniferous forest, Beaten from branches of hardwood tree, 11.III.2013, J. P. Gruber leg. (2 and 10 ♂♂, WIRC; 8 sp., NGPC).
Distribution. United States: Florida to Texas, north to North Carolina and Missouri (extended from Werner (1990)).
description: Published as part of Gompel, Nicolas, 2022, The genus Syzeton Blackburn, 1891 (Coleoptera, Aderidae) in the United States of America, pp. 243-267 in Zootaxa 5162 (3) on page 266, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6810142