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Species Martineziana dutertrei

Martineziana dutertrei (Chalumeau) - Martineziana dutertrei

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Aphodiinae (Aphodiine Dung Beetles)

Tribe Eupariini

Genus Martineziana

Species dutertrei (Martineziana dutertrei)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Martineziana dutertrei (Chalumeau)

Orig. Comb: Martinezia dutertrei Chalumeau 1983

Identification

Explanate lateral pronotum with obvious setal fringe (unique in US)

Range

Native to S. America, adventive in our area: se US (TX-FL-NC)(1); range will likely overlap with that of the Red Imported Fire Ant.

Habitat

Lives with fire ants(2)

Season

throughout the year in c. TX

Remarks

common at lights

See Also

most similar to our native fire ant obligate euparine

- Range: Gulf Coast

Euparia castanea LePeletier and Serville

Det. Wm. B. Godwin, 1993

Print References

Chalumeau F., and H. Ozdikmen. 2006. Martineziana nom. nov., a replacement name for the preoccupied genus name Martineziella Chalumeau, 1986 (Coleoptera: Scrabaeidae). Munis Entomology & Zoology 1(1): 69-70.

Works Cited

1.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

2.	Beetles of the genera Myrmecaphodius, Rhyssemus, and Blapstinus in Texas fire ant nests. Summerlin, J.W. 1978. Southwestern Entomologist 3(1): 27-29.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 23 April, 2007 - 10:20pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 19 August, 2017 - 5:54pm

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