Araeoschizus simplex

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Araeoschizus simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Beetle
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Araeoschizus
Species: A. simplex
Binomial name
Araeoschizus simplex
Casey, 1890

Diagnosis

Group VI: The simplex Casey (1890) complex: Femora not toothed. Prothorax without longitudinal groove. Elytral interspaces without squamules.

Description

Distribution

TEXAS: Presidio County. - NEW MEXICO: Eddy County. - ARIZONA: Maricopa and Pima Counties. - MEXICO: Chihuahua Province.

Biology

REFERENCES

  • Casey, T.L.: 1890. Coleopterological Notices, II. -- Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 5:307-504 (pp. 368-370).
  • 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):