Explanation of Names
Author of genus is LeConte, 1851.
cyst, =is, -o (G). The bladder; a bag
demas (G). A living body
(2)Size
C. armatus: 7-17 mm. ; C. wizlizenii: 10-15 mm
Identification
Resemble spiders. Abdomen inflated, head small by comparison, legs long. Elytra fused, forming a heavy, sculptured shell, so they are flightless.
C. armatus: Dorsal coloration black, usually with white or yellow powdery-encrustations on elytra; pronotum in dorsal view with spiny lateral corners both anteriorly and posteriorly.
C. wizlizenii: Dorsal coloration distinctly metallic green, blue, or violet...shiny and lacking powdery-encrustations; pronotum in dorsal view with angulate lateral corners about a third of the way from anterior end...see figures on
pg 130 of Pinto (1984).
Range
Includes southwestern United States. C. armatus is found in California, Arizona (print and Internet refernces). C. wislizeni is found from Texas to Arizona
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Print References
Powell and Hogue, p. 294, fig. 318--C. armatus
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White, plate 6--C. wislizeni
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Arnett and Jacques, #150--C. wislizeni
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