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

description: Syzeton floridanus (Werner, 1990), comb. nov.
(Figures 1c; 2k; 3k; 4c; 5k)
Zonantes floridanus Werner, 1990: 222;
Holotype: Florida, Dade County, Camp Mahachee, nr. Matheson Hammock (FSCA) (Werner, 1990)
Material examined. United States. Alabama: Blount County, Highland Lake, (280 m) [33°53’ N 86°25’ W], light trap, 21.VII.2013, T. King 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], flight intercept trap, 22.IV.2016, R. Turnbow leg. (1 ♂, FSCA). Florida: Alachua County, (200 m) [29°36’ N 82°22’ W], 28.VIII.1992, J. Pickering leg. (1 ♀, FSCA); Alachua County, West of Gainesville, Pierce’s homestead [29°39’ N 82°19’ W], Malaise, 4.I.1974, W. H. Pierce leg. (1 ♀, FSCA); Alachua County, SE of Gainesville, Kincaid Road, 1 mi. N Paynes [29°38’ N 82°17’ W], old field/dry oak hammock, Malaise, 10.VII.1999, B. D. Sutton 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); Alachua County, Gainesville, S side Bivens Arm Lake, (30 m) [29°37’ N 82°20’ W], 26.II.2000, P. E. Skelley leg. (1 ♂, FSCA); Alachua County, Gainesville, S side Bivens Arm Lake, (30 m) [29°37’ N 82°20’ W], 20.III.2008, P. E. Skelley leg. (1 ♀, FSCA); Collier County, Immokalee, Southwest Florida Research and Education, (10 m.) [26°27’ N 82°26’ W], suction trap, 20.IX.2007, S. Halbert leg. (1 ♂, FSCA); Dade County, Camp Mahachee, Near Matheson Hammock, (5 m) [25°40’ N 80°16’ W], black light trap, 5.V.1983, M. C. Thomas & L. Parker leg. (1 ♀, FSCA); Dade County, Camp Mahachee, Near Matheson Hammock, (5 m) [25°40’ N 80°16’ W], black light trap, 23.VIII.1983, M. C. Thomas & L. Parker leg. (1 ♀, FSCA); Escambia County, Cantonment, 2666 Monica Lane, (40 m) [30°33’ N 87°18’ W], black light trap, 10.IV.2009, T. Dobbs leg. (1 ♂, FSCA); Franklin County, 2 mi. NW Ochlockonee Bay, (2 m) [30°00’ N 84°25’ W], 2.XII.2004, C. W. O’Brien & M. Haseeb leg. (1 ♀, FSCA); Hernando County, Withlacoochee State Forest, Richloam Unit, (35 m), 27.IV.1991, R. Turnbow leg. (4 ♀♀ and 1 ♂, FSCA); Hernando County, Withlacoochee State Forest, Richloam Unit, (35 m), beating vegetation, 15.IV.2005, R. Turnbow leg. (1 ♂, FSCA); Liberty County, Torreya State Park, (40 m) [30°33’ N 84°56’ W], black light trap, 3.V.2003, M. C. Thomas leg. (1 ♀, FSCA); Liberty County, Torreya State Park, (40 m) [30°33’ N 84°56’ W], black light trap, 6.V.2007, M. C. Thomas leg. (1 ♀, FSCA); Marion County, 2.5 mi. SSE Micanopy, (40 m) [29°29’ N 82°14’ W], Malaise trap, 2.IV.1989, D. Wahl D. B. leg. (1 ♀, ERPC); Monroe County, Upper Key Largo, (40 m) [25°05’ N 80°26’ W], 30.V.1997, M. C. Thomas leg. (1 ♂, FSCA); Monroe County, Key Largo, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park [25°07’ N 80°24’ W], black light trap, 29.V.1997, P. E. Skelley leg. (6 ♂♂, FSCA); Pasco County, Green Swamp West, McNeil Trailhead [28°18’ N 82°03’ W], Grassland /savanna with oaks and palms, Beaten from branches of Quercus sp., 12.I.2014, J. P. Gruber leg. (4♀♀ and 3 ♂♂, NGPC); Hardwood /coniferous forest, Beaten from branches of hardwood tree, 15.I.2014, J. P. Gruber leg. (4♀♀ and 5 ♂♂, WIRC; 7 sp. and 1 ♂, NGPC); 17.I.2014, J. P. Gruber leg. (2 ♀♀ and 4 ♂♂, WIRC); County, Green Swamp West, Cumpressco Entrance, (30 m), Mixed hardwood/coniferous forest, Beaten from branches of Quercus sp. tree, 13.I.2014, J. P. Gruber leg. (2 ♀♀ and 1 6, WIRC); Pasco County, Green Swamp West, Main Entrance, (30 m) [28°22’02” N 82°07’04” W], Mixed hardwood/coniferous forest, Beaten from fan-like leaf of palm, 12.I.2014, J. P. Gruber leg. (16 ♀♀ and 16 ♂♂, WIRC); Polk County, Winter Haven [28°01’ N 81°43’ W], suction trap, 25.II.2005 (1 ♂, FSCA). Georgia: Thomas County, Wade Forest Tract, 10 km S Thomasville, (75 m) [30°45’ N 84°00’ W], open pine forest, flight interception trap, 27.IV.2010, S. Peck leg. (1 ♀, FSCA); Thomas County, Wade Forest Tract, 10 km S Thomasville, (75 m) [30°45’ N 84°00’ W], open pine forest, Malaise trap, 31.IV.2010, S. Peck leg. (1 ♀, FSCA). Louisiana: Allen Parish, Whisky Chitto Creek, (25 m) [30°41’ N 92°52’ W], Wet-mesic hardwood forest, Ex. foliage of mixed hardwoods, Along streamlet; bordering Pinus cutover, 7.XI.2014, J. P. Gruber leg. (1 ♀, NGPC). Texas: Sabine County, Sabine National Forest, 9 mi. E Hemphill, Beech Bottom [31°19’ N 93°42’ W], Flight intercept trap, 2.IV.1989, Anderson leg. (1 ♀, ERPC). Mississippi: Lee County, Highway 45 at Brewer road, (80 m) [34°08’ N 88°42’ W], 15.V.2008, R. Turnbow leg. (2 ♀, FSCA).
Distribution. United States: Texas to Florida (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 pages 263-264, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6810142