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Alaudes singularis
| Alaudes singularis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Beetle |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Genus: | Alaudes |
| Species: | A. singularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Alaudes singularis Horn, 1870 | |
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Diagnosis
Lateral aspect of pronotum with short, clavate setae. Elytral vestiture always much longer than twice width, clavate to capitate throughout. Male genitalia (Fig. 2A) with basal piece and parameres about equal in length; basal piece broader than parameres,slightly bent basally,then recurved. Parameres gradually curved basally
Description
Elytral vestiture clavate or capitate throughout.
Distribution
California, Arizona, southern Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Mexico, northern Baja California.
Biology
Host records include Crematogaster, Solenopsis, Pheidole, Formica francoeuri, Formica moki, Formica obscuripes, Liometopum.