Araeoschizus decipiens

Diagnosis
Group V: The costipennis LeConte (1851) complex: Femora not toothed. Prothorax without longitudinal groove. Elytral interspaces with squamules

Distribution
TEXAS: Culberson County associated with Pogonomyrmex rugosus; El Paso County with Myrmecocystus depilis, Solenopsis xyloni, Pheidole desertorum; Hudspeth County with Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) sp.; and Pheidole xerophila xerophila; Reeves County with Conomyrma sp.; Ward County with Aphaenogaster cockerelli. Also from Jeff Davis and Gaines Counties. - NEW MEXICO: Dona Ana, Otero and Bernalillo Counties (collection data "with ants"). - ARIZONA: Cochise and Graham Counties. - COLORADO: Arapahoe County. - UTAH: Kane County. - MEXICO: Sonora and Durango Provinces.