Alaudes moenkopii

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



Diagnosis

Elytral vestiture composed of extremely short,recumbent and apically expanded setae with length subequal to twice width, giving a “string of pearls” aspect to the elytral intervals.

Description

Elytral setae never occasionally clavate lanceolate, of 2 sizes, length of longest setae equal to or longer than apical 3 antennomeres combined; punctures fine, distance between punctures distinctly longer than size of puncture; body wider, larger. Anterior margin of head deeply excavated, basolateral aspect of head with sublateral indentation (Fig. 6A); pronotum with lateral apical aspect strongly expanded subapically, Colorado Desert species

Distribution

Restricted to the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona and southern Utah.

Biology

Mainly collected in pitfall traps, although some were found crawling on sand dunes at night. Elevation range 1,400–1,850 m.

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