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Species Arawana arizonica

Arawana arizonica Casey - Arawana arizonica Arawana arizonica (Casey) - Arawana arizonica Arawana arizonica
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Coccinellid group)
Family Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles)
Subfamily Chilocorinae
Genus Arawana
Species arizonica (Arawana arizonica)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Arawana arizonica (Casey) (1),(2)
Orig. Comb: Exochomus arizonica Casey 1899 (2)
Gordon (1985) inexplicably uses "Arawana scapularis" for captions under his Figs. 508 and 509 of Arawana arizonica. (2) Lapsus?
Numbers
2 spp. n. of Mex. (3)
Size
Length 3.25 to 3.50 mm (2)
Identification
see Gordon's Figs. 508 and 509.(2)
Range
se AZ - Map (1),(2),(3)
Remarks
2 type specimens of E. arizonica in the Casey collection, labeled "Ari.".
Distribution: ARIZONA: Catalina Springs; Santa Rita Mts. (2)
Print References
Casey, T.L. 1899. A revision of the American Coccinellidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 7: 71-169.
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.The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico
Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.
3.Arawana scapularis (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in the United states and new locality records for species of Arawana.
Gordon, R.D. 1994. Entomological News 105(3): 133-136.