Araeoschizus utahensis

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Araeoschizus utahensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Beetle
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Araeoschizus
Species: A. utahensis
Binomial name
Araeoschizus utahensis
Papp, 1981

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.

REFERENCES

  • 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):