Alaudes alternata

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Alaudes alternata
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

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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.

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