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Species Prolixocupes lobiceps

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Archostemata
Family Cupedidae (Reticulated Beetles)
Genus Prolixocupes
Species lobiceps (Prolixocupes lobiceps)
Explanation of Names
Prolixocupes lobiceps (LeConte, 1874)
Identification
Antennae slightly serrate, prosternum with widely separated tarsal grooves, head tubercles not conical with rear pair distinctly larger(1)
Range
Southwest USA and Baja Mexico (1)(2)

State/Provincial Records: (2), BG Data
US: AZ, CA, NV
MEX: Baja California
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.A new reticulated beetle (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) from Mexico with a catalogue of Cupedidae species of the world
Geovanni M. Rodríguez-Mirón & Sarah López-Pérez. 2019. Zootaxa 4567 (1): 147–160.
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 11 December, 2007 - 3:41pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 9 December, 2021 - 4:15pm

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