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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Long-jointed Beetles (Lagriinae) » Lagriini » Statira » Statira basalis

Species Statira basalis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Beetle - Statira basalis Darkling Beetle - Statira basalis Long-jointed Beetle - Statira basalis Statira basalis Horn - Statira basalis Beetle - Statira basalis beetle - Statira basalis Statira basalis Statira basalis
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 Lagriinae (Long-jointed Beetles)
Tribe Lagriini
Genus Statira
Species basalis (Statira basalis)
Explanation of Names
Statira basalis Horn 1888
Size
8-11.5 mm(1)
Identification

Det. E. G. Riley, 2009
Range
se US (NC-FL to MO-TX) - Map (1)(2), lots of e. TX records
Season
mostly: Mar-May (2)
Remarks
Type Locality: Florida
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.A key to nearctic Statira and Arthromacra (Lagriidae)
Parsons C.T. 1975. The Coleopterists Bulletin 29: 211-226.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 21 April, 2009 - 8:17pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 30 March, 2022 - 10:47am

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