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Species Statira gagatina

Tenebrionidae, dorsal - Statira gagatina

Tenebrioidae, head & prontoum, dorsal - Statira gagatina

Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae - Statira gagatina

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 Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)

Subfamily Lagriinae (Long-jointed Beetles)

Tribe Lagriini

Genus Statira

Species gagatina (Statira gagatina)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Statyra resplendens Melsheimer 1846

Statira gagatina resplendens Melsheimer of Parsons (1965)

Explanation of Names

Statira gagatina Melsheimer 1845

gagatina = 'jet black'

Size

6.5-9.5 mm(1)

Range

e. NA to the Brazos R. (QC-GA to WI-TX) - Map (2)(3)(4)(5)(6), widely dist., but uncommon

Season

Mar-Sep in SC(1)

See Also

Statira basalis Horn

- Range: se US

Det. E. G. Riley, 2009

Works Cited

1.	Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.

2.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

3.	List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)

4.	The Darkling Beetles of Florida and Eastern United States (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Dunford et al. 2005. University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Dept., Gainesville.

5.	A key to nearctic Statira and Arthromacra (Lagriidae) Parsons C.T. 1975. The Coleopterists Bulletin 29: 211-226.

6.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 28 January, 2008 - 10:04pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 30 March, 2022 - 10:39pm

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