Species Zopherus championi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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 Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetles)

Subfamily Zopherinae (Ironclad Beetles)

Tribe Zopherini

Genus Zopherus

Species championi (Zopherus championi)

Explanation of Names

Zopherus championi Triplehorn, 1972

Size

11.9—15.1 mm (1)

Identification

Triplehorn's last couplet:

Pronotum with lateral white borders having only a few minute flecks of black; apical elytral ridges broadly in contact with raised sutural ridge; lateral areas of elytra more white than black; length 12-15 mm (1)

Range

sw. TX to n. Mex. - Map (1)

Remarks

Triplehorn (1972) reports a few US spmns taken in Sanderson, Terrell Co., Texas, in June & August (1)

See Also

Z. solieri, from Durango, Mexico:

Pronotum with lateral white borders having numerous black tubercles scattered over surface; apical elytral ridges separated from raised sutural ridge except at extreme apex; lateral areas of elytra more black than white; length 17-20 mm (1)

Print References

Triplehorn, C.A. 1972. A Review of the Genus Zopherus of the World (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 108: 1-24. (1)

Internet References

Forestry Images

Works Cited

1.	A review of the genus Zopherus of the World (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Triplehorn C.A. 1972. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 108: 1‒24.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 8 January, 2018 - 7:53pm
Last updated 30 April, 2019 - 3:58pm

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