Araeoschizus simulans

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Araeoschizus simulans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Beetle
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Araeoschizus
Species: A. simulans
Binomial name
Araeoschizus simulans
Casey, 1907

Diagnosis

Group IV: The regularis Horn (1870) complex: Femora not toothed. Prothorax with longitudinal groove. Elytral interspaces without squamules

Description

Distribution

CALIFORNIA: Known from the type specimen only; labeled: "S. Cal.".


Biology

REFERENCES

  • Casey, T.L. 1907. Revision of the North American components of the Tenebrionid subfamily Tentyriinae. Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 9:275-522 (pp. 281, and 484-491).
  • 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):