Araeoschizus sulcicollis
Araeoschizus sulcicollis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Beetle |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Family: | Tenebrionidae |
Genus: | Araeoschizus |
Species: | A. sulcicollis |
Binomial name | |
Araeoschizus sulcicollis Horn, 1870 |
Diagnosis
Group IV: The regularis Horn (1870) complex: Femora not toothed. Prothorax with longitudinal groove. Elytral interspaces without squamules
Description
Distribution
CALIFORNIA: Kern and lnyo Counties. - NEVADA: Nye County collected in nests of Pogonomyrmex sp., Pogonomyrmex occidentalis, Pheidole bicarinata, P. barbata, and P hyatti.
Biology
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.
- Papp, C.S. 2001. Two new Araeoschizus species from the Vizcaino Peninsula of Baja California sur, Mexico and discussion of species groups: (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science.37 (1):