Araeoschizus duplicatus

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

Description

Group I: The armatus Horn (1870) complex: Femora toothed. Prothorax with longitudinal groove. Elytral interspaces with squamules

Distribution

IDAHO: Ada County. - WYOMING: Freemont and Sweetwater Counties. - Reported in association with the ant Pogonomyrmex salinus, P. occidentalis.

Biology

Host ants: Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

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.