Araeoschizus utahensis

Diagnosis
Group V: The costipennis LeConte (1851) complex: Femora not toothed. Prothorax without longitudinal groove. Elytral interspaces with squamules Head nearly as wide or slightly narrower than prothorax ; densely squamulose. Prothorax with impression at middle before densely squamulose posterior margin ; center area in place of longitudinal groove broadly flat anteriorly ; surface as squamulose as head, margins more densely so. Length :4.0-4.2 mm. Blackish brown to brown. With relatively short, thin antennae; large head and pro­thorax with a dense, scaley-like coverage of short, broad squamules; narrow, parallel sided body, easily differentiated from any other species.

Description
Holotype: U.S.A. - Utah, San Juan County, 5 miles W of Bluff, Bluff  Dunes. July 24, 1978. Collected by Dr. Fred G. Andrews and Dr. Alan R. Hardy. In the collec­tion of CAS. Paratypes: 8 specimens with same data as holotype. In the CDFA collection.

Distribution
UTAH: San Juan County.

Biology
Collected on sand dunes "Bluff" dunes.