Ecarinosphaerula ecarinata

Ecarinosphaerula ecarinata (Horn, 1880) (Fig. 21) A nisotoma ecarinata Horn 1880: 292. “ Lectotype ”, female, in MCZC, type number 3012, (We do not know of a publication validating this specimen as the lectotype and we do not so designate it here.), seen; MCZC cotype 33560, seen. Type locality: “western Nevada,” probably from woodland or forest habitat in the vicinity of Reno or Lake Tahoe. Leiodes (Ecarinosphaerula) ecarinata (Horn); Hatch 1929: 2. Ecarinosphaerula ecarinata (Horn); Hatch 1957: 29. Diagnosis. As for the genus. Distribution. Previously recorded in North America (Horn 1880, Hatch 1929, 1957) from: CANADA. BRITISH COLUMBIA. Penticton. UNITED STATES. NEVADA (unspecified locality). CALIFORNIA. See Fig. 21. Seasonality. The few known specimens were collected from May to July. Bionomics. The few known adults with habitat data were collected in mixed forest.Published as part of Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2013, Systematics and distributions of the genera Cyrtusa Erichson, Ecarinosphaerula Hatch, Isoplastus Horn, Liocyrtusa Daffner, Lionothus Brown, and Zeadolopus Broun of the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae: Leiodini), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2013 (310) on page 22, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.519371