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Araeoschizus regularis
| Araeoschizus regularis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Beetle |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Genus: | Araeoschizus |
| Species: | A. regularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Araeoschizus regularis Horn, 1870 | |
Diagnosis
Group IV: The regularis Horn (1870) complex: Femora not toothed. Prothorax with longitudinal groove. Elytral interspaces without squamules
Description
Distribution
ARIZONA: Navajo, Graham, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Cochise and Maricopa Counties, observed in association with Aphaenogaster sp., and Pheidole vistana. Specimens in various collections labeled as "with ants", "with ants and termites", and "with termites and no ants". -MEXICO: Sonora Province in association with Iridomyrmex pruinosus analis. Found in Ramsey Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, AZ.
Biology
REFERENCES
- Horn, G.H. 1870. Revision of the Tenebrionidae of America, North of Mexico. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., 14 (64):253-404.
- 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):