Alaudes californicus

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Alaudes californicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Beetle
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Alaudes
Species: A. californicus
Binomial name
Alaudes californicus
Aalbu, Caterino, and Smith, 2018



Diagnosis

Elytral vestiture always much longer than twice width, composed of thick, strongly recumbent posterior setae

Description

Elytral vestiture composed of thick, strongly posteriorly recumbent thickened setae

Distribution

Restricted to the hills along the mid- and lower San Joaquin Valley in California.

Biology

Mainly Berlesed oak litter and from Arctostaphylos (manzanita) and Ceanothus duff or in pitfall traps.Elevation range 450–1,524m.

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