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Arizona Tenebrionid - Stenomorpha
Copyright © 2007 Guy A. Hanley

Arizona Tenebrionid - Stenomorpha
Arizona, USA
Size: approx 30 mm
have not had time to key this one out
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Contributed by Guy A. Hanley on 13 September, 2007 - 9:19am
Last updated 23 October, 2007 - 5:01pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Kojun Kanda, 23 October, 2007 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

Stenomorpha sp.
I'm relatively sure this is a species in the genus Stenomorpha, so you could start there, maybe. Great image, very nice specimen.
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 September, 2007 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks to be...
Stenomorpha sponsor. I have several specimens from the Santa Rita Mtns. and the area around Patagonia, AZ.
… Dennis Haines, 31 December, 2007 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Not to be confused with spelling "Stenomorphus",
a carabid genus of which there are 4 species in AZ. Surprisingly, we also have the accepted close spelling "Stenomorpha" assigned to this taxon in Tenebrionidae. Since the suffixes -us, -a, -um designate case (masc, fem, neu) one might wonder why there has not been a previous taxonomic ruling for homonymy here? According to the 4th edition Code of ICZN genus names "Stenomorpha" and "Stenomorphus" are indeed safe. That's because Article 53.2 says genus homonymy exists only if two or more different taxa have exactly the same spelling. However, suprageneric group names are deemed homonyms if they differ by just suffixes (Article 53.1).
… Peter Messer, 13 September, 2007 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

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