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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » False Blister Beetles (Oedemeridae) » Polypriinae » Polypria » Polypria cruxrufa

Species Polypria cruxrufa

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Polypria cruxrufa Chevrolat - Polypria cruxrufa

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 Oedemeridae (False Blister Beetles)

Subfamily Polypriinae

Genus Polypria

Species cruxrufa (Polypria cruxrufa)

Other Common Names

Red-cross Oedemerid

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Genus currently in Oedemeridae per Lawrence (2005).

Incertae Sedis: Familial placement of this genus is uncertain. Has been placed in Salpingidae, Melandryidae, Mycteridae (and Oedemeridae). Structurally the genus does not agree with the concept of any family of Tenebrionoidea. Future discovery and study of the larval stages along with more intensive study of the adults will hopefully solidify its family placement. (1)

Explanation of Names

Polypria cruxrufa Chevrolat, 1874

cruxrufa (L). 'red-cross' (2)

Numbers

1 sp. n. of Mex. (1)

Size

8 mm long (Wickham 1898)

Identification

Range

c. TX (Travis Co.) to S. Amer. - Map (1)(3), most records c. TX to ne Mex.

Season

Apr-Nov (BG data)

Remarks

First reported for the U.S. by Wickham (1898) and Townsend (1902) in Brownsville. (4)

See Also

Schwarz, E.A. 1896. Semi-tropical Texas. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 4: 1-3. (4)

Print References

Chevrolat, G.C. 1889-1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Heteromera (part). Volume IV, Part 2 Tab 5, Pg. 97

Lawrence, J.F. 2005. Dasytomima, a new genus of Australian Oedemeridae and its relationship to Polypria Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Annales Zoologici 55(4): 603-613. Abstract

Schwarz, E.A. 1896. Semi-tropical Texas. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 4: 1-3. (4)

Townsend, C.H.T. 1902. Contribution to a knowledge of the coleopterous fauna of the lower Rio Grande valley in Texas and Tamaulipas, the biological notes and special reference to geological distribution. Trans. Texas Acad. Sci. 5: 49-101. Full Text

Wickham, H.F. 1898. Recollections of old collecting grounds, III, the lower Rio Grande valley (cont.). Entomological News 9: 39-41. Full Text

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	Semi-tropical Texas. Schwarz, E.A. 1896. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 4: 1-3.

Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 13 June, 2008 - 11:52am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 16 August, 2023 - 1:17pm

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