Genus Araeoschizus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Araeoschizus sp. ? decipiens Horn - Araeoschizus

Araeoschizus sp., anterior view of mouth parts - Araeoschizus apachensis

Araeoschizus sp., left view of mouth parts - Araeoschizus apachensis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea

Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)

Subfamily Pimeliinae

Tribe Stenosini

Genus Araeoschizus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Genus needs further study(1)

Explanation of Names

Araeoschizus LeConte 1851

Numbers

32 spp. in our area, >50 total(2)

Identification

Key to spp: Papp (1981)

Range

sw US & Mexico(2)

Print References

Dajoz R. (1984) Une espèce nouvelle du genre Araeoschizus LeConte (Coléoptères, Tenebrionidae). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnénne de Lyon, 53: 246-247.

Dajoz R. (1989a) Une nouvelle espèce texane du genre Araeoschizus LeConte (Col. Tenebrionidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 93: 149-152.

Dajoz R. (1989b) Une nouvelle espèce du genre Araeoschizus LeConte du Sud-Est de l'Arizona (États-Unis) (Coleoptera. Tenebrionidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (N.S) 6: 33-36.

Papp C.S. (1981) Revision of the genus Araeoschizus LeConte (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum Georg Frey 29: 273-420.

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 29 January, 2008 - 5:33pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 28 January, 2020 - 11:20am

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