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Genus Edrotes

round hairy beetle - Edrotes ventricosus Another Edrotes ventricosus - Edrotes ventricosus Small Dune Beetle - Edrotes arens Edrotes rotundus Edrotes? - Edrotes ventricosus Ciliated Beetle - Edrotes ventricosus Ciliated Beetle - Edrotes ventricosus Unknown beetle - Edrotes
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 Edrotini
Genus Edrotes
Explanation of Names
Edrotes LeConte 1851
Numbers
2 subgenera, with 4 spp. in our area, 5 spp. total(1)
Identification
Key to spp. in(2)(3)
Range
sw US & adjacent Mexico(1)
Habitat
Desert dunes and other sandy areas
Season
Can be found under stones and wandering about in sandy soil year-round, but primarily active in late winter and spring(4)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.The phylogenetic position of Edrotes and a new species of the genus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Doyen J. 1968. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 44(3): 218-227.
3.A synopsis of the genus Edrotes (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
La Rivers I. 1947. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 40: 318-328.
4.Field Guide to Beetles of California
Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue. 2006. University of California Press.