Alaudes alternata
Alaudes alternata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Beetle |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Family: | Tenebrionidae |
Genus: | Alaudes |
Species: | A. alternata |
Binomial name | |
Alaudes alternata Fall, 1928 |
Diagnosis
Elytral vestiture erect, always much longer than twice width,feebly clavate except along the side margins, where these alternate with long, slender setae. Male genitalia unknown.
Description
Elytral vestiture feebly clavate except along lateral margins, where these alternate with long slender setae.
Distribution
California, Los Angeles County only.
Biology
(Two specimens from three localities) – CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles Co.: Pomona, II-25-1895, Hubbard & Schwartz (1) USNM; same data except II-18-1895 (1) OSUC. Distribution. Only known from the type locality, Pomona in Los Angeles County, California. Collection Data. None. Elevation range approximately 300 m.