Araeoschizus armatus
Araeoschizus armatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Beetle |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Family: | Tenebrionidae |
Genus: | Araeoschizus |
Species: | A. armatus |
Binomial name | |
Araeoschizus armatus Horn, 1870 |
Description
Femora toothed. Prothorax with longitudinal groove. Elytral interspaces with squamules
Distribution
CALIFORNIA: Inyo and Mono Counties. - NEVADA: Curchill and Washoe Counties. - IDAHO: Ada County in the nest of Pogonomyrmex salinus.
Biology
Host ants: Pogonomyrmex salinus
REFERENCES
- Horn, G.H. 1870. Revision of the Tenebrionidae of America, North of Mexico. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., 14 (64):253-404.
- Papp,C.S. 1981. Revision of the genus Araeoschizus LeConte (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 29: 273-420.