Araeoschizus elegantulus

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

Diagnosis

Group III: The limbatus Blaisdell (1943) complex: Femora not toothed. Prothorax with longitudinal groove. Elytral interspaces with squamules

Description

Distribution

Mexico: Baja California Sur (type)

Biology

REFERENCES

  • Blaisdell, R.E.: 1943. Contribution Toward the Knowledge of the Insect Fauna of Lower California. No. 7 Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae. -- Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 24:171-288, p1. 10 and 11 (pp. 214-216, p1. 11).
  • 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):