Explanation of Names
Horace Haldeman was one of the first persons to concentrate on collecting insects in Texas. He sent his specimens, mostly beetles, to his entomologist brother, Samuel S. Haldeman, and a noted coleopterist, John L. LeConte, for description.
Numbers
There are 19 species on Zopherus, all from the Americas, ranging from Venezuela north to the southwestern United States. Ten species occur across the southwestern United States, though none resemble Z. nodulosus.
(1)Size
Length 14.6-29.4 mm (Triplehorn, 1972; see reference below - HW)
Range
Endemic to East-Central Texas.
Season
Starts as early as March 8 in Austin (MQ, pers. observ.) and continues as late as October.
Print References
Triplehorn, C.A. 1972. A review of the genus Zopherus of the World (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 108: 1-24. (Also gives distribution, incl. Mexico. HW)
