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185most closely related to a subtribe of scaritines (Forcipaterina)known only from South America, Panama, Dominica, Martinique, Assam,Bengal, and Burma. It may thus be a relict of an archaic Mexicanbeetle fauna which formerly included the forcipaterines, which,according to this hypothesis, were at one time (early Tertiary?)distributed across eastern Asia, across a Bering bridge, and intowestern North America.TroglophilesThe most interesting troglophilic carabids in Mexico are thoseof the genus Rhadine (see above). Bolivar (1944, Ciencia, 5: 2528) described the first of these from Gruta del PalmIto (N.L.) asSpelaeorhadine araizai, later transferred to Rhadine. Other subspecIesof R. araizal are found throughout the Edwards plateau ofTexas, known almost exclusively from caves (R. a. howdeni Barr &Lawrence, R. a. babcocki Barr). R. rot~eri ~ol~ & Hendr. is knownfrom the Gruta de CUevacillas and-the Sotano de Matehuala (Coah.),and R. medellini Bol. & Hendr. from the Cueva Carnicero (S.L.P.)(BolIvar &Hendrichs, 1964. Ciencia, 23: 5-16, pl. 1).Pachyteles urrutiai Bolivar (1952. Ciencia, 11: 295-296) isa primItive carabld of the tribe Ozaenini whIch appears to be atroglophile, restricted to caves of the Sierra de El Abra, S.L.P.AMCS members have collected 2 specimens from the Sotano de laTinaja, and Cueva de los Sabinos is the type locality. Althoughthe species is rather pale there are no obvious adaptations or regressivemodifications for cave life.Agonum bilimeki Bol!var and Hendrichs and Tachys unistriatus(Bilimek) are two fairly common troglophile specIes of carabldsinhabiting the Gruta de Cacahuam11pa and near-by Cueva de laEstrella.Trogloxenes and AccidentalsVarious species of Colpodes, Ardistom1s, Clivina, Selenophorus,and Tachys appear from time to time in cave collections fromMexico. Most of them seem to have been taken near entrances or tohave been washed underground along streams. The status of a speciesof Pterostichus (IthytOlus) from caves of the Sierra de ElAbra is stIll uncertain.
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- Page 144 and 145: 137had not been checked was followe
- Page 146 and 147: 139a high mountain karst area with
- Page 148 and 149: -SaltilloMonter..SKETCHMAPofCA~ON D
- Page 150 and 151: 143another 15 miles before we turne
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- Page 154 and 155: 147S6tano de las Ra!ces lon the sam
- Page 156 and 157: 149and color motion pictures. The f
- Page 158 and 159: 151ground in the area. (See photogr
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- Page 162 and 163: 155NOTES ON THE EXPLORATION OF SOTA
- Page 164 and 165: 157obtain a rough idea of how many
- Page 166 and 167: 159Grutas de Mogote, located one mi
- Page 168 and 169: 161Past the first large room (appro
- Page 170 and 171: 163-749 feet. The left-hand passage
- Page 172 and 173: 165it looked a good 300 feet deep.
- Page 174 and 175: 167was. Almost 2 hours were require
- Page 176 and 177: Haarr, Allan P. 50 Clover Dr Delmon
- Page 178 and 179: 171Young, sam and Diane 474 lOth Av
- Page 180 and 181: 173RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE KNOWLEDG
- Page 182 and 183: 175large horizontal passage about 1
- Page 184 and 185: 177S6tano de Huitzmolotitla, with a
- Page 186 and 187: AreaNorth ofMonterreySouth ofMonter
- Page 189 and 190: 182BIOLOGYSECTIONMEXICAN CAVE BEETL
- Page 191: 184from Canada to Oaxaca, but only
- Page 196 and 197: 187Cantabroniscus primitivus isopod
- Page 198 and 199: 189Hooton, Diana 6:149-154Hosley, B
- Page 200 and 201: 191pictographs 5:121Pinal de Amo1es
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185most closely related to a subtribe of scaritines (Forcipaterina)known only from South America, Panama, Dominica, Martinique, Assam,Bengal, and Burma. It may thus be a relict of an archaic <strong>Mexican</strong>beetle fauna which <strong>for</strong>merly included the <strong>for</strong>cipaterines, which,according to this hypothesis, were at one time (early Tertiary?)distributed across eastern Asia, across a Bering bridge, and intowestern North America.TroglophilesThe most interesting troglophilic carabids in Mexico are thoseof the genus Rhadine (see above). Bolivar (1944, Ciencia, 5: 2528) described the first of these from Gruta del PalmIto (N.L.) asSpelaeorhadine araizai, later transferred to Rhadine. Other subspecIesof R. araizal are found throughout the Edwards plateau ofTexas, known almost exclusively from caves (R. a. howdeni Barr &Lawrence, R. a. babcocki Barr). R. rot~eri ~ol~ & Hendr. is knownfrom the Gruta de CUevacillas and-the Sotano de Matehuala (Coah.),and R. medellini Bol. & Hendr. from the Cueva Carnicero (S.L.P.)(BolIvar &Hendrichs, 1964. Ciencia, 23: 5-16, pl. 1).Pachyteles urrutiai Bolivar (1952. Ciencia, 11: 295-296) isa primItive carabld of the tribe Ozaenini whIch appears to be atroglophile, restricted to caves of the Sierra de El Abra, S.L.P.AMCS members have collected 2 specimens from the Sotano de laTinaja, and Cueva de los Sabinos is the type locality. Althoughthe species is rather pale there are no obvious adaptations or regressivemodifications <strong>for</strong> cave life.Agonum bilimeki Bol!var and Hendrichs and Tachys unistriatus(Bilimek) are two fairly common troglophile specIes of carabldsinhabiting the Gruta de Cacahuam11pa and near-by Cueva de laEstrella.Trogloxenes and AccidentalsVarious species of Colpodes, Ardistom1s, Clivina, Selenophorus,and Tachys appear from time to time in cave collections fromMexico. Most of them seem to have been taken near entrances or tohave been washed underground along streams. The status of a speciesof Pterostichus (IthytOlus) from caves of the Sierra de ElAbra is stIll uncertain.
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