Araeoschizus utahensis
Araeoschizus utahensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Beetle |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Family: | Tenebrionidae |
Genus: | Araeoschizus |
Species: | A. utahensis |
Binomial name | |
Araeoschizus utahensis Papp, 1981 |
Diagnosis
Group V: The costipennis LeConte (1851) complex: Femora not toothed. Prothorax without longitudinal groove. Elytral interspaces with squamules Head nearly as wide or slightly narrower than prothorax ; densely squamulose. Prothorax with impression at middle before densely squamulose posterior margin ; center area in place of longitudinal groove broadly flat anteriorly ; surface as squamulose as head , margins more densely so. Length :4.0-4.2 mm. Blackish brown to brown. With relatively short, thin antennae; large head and prothorax with a dense, scaley-like coverage of short, broad squamules; narrow, parallel sided body, easily differentiated from any other species.
Description
Holotype: U.S.A. - Utah, San Juan County, 5 miles W of Bluff, Bluff Dunes. July 24 , 1978. Collected by Dr . Fred G. Andrews and Dr. Alan R. Hardy. In the collection of CAS. Paratypes: 8 specimens with same data as holotype. In the CDFA collection .
Distribution
UTAH: San Juan County.
Biology
Collected on sand dunes "Bluff" dunes.
REFERENCES
- 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):