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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Scirtoidea » Marsh Beetles (Scirtidae) » Contacyphon-group genera » Herthania » concinna complex (Herthania concinna complex)

concinna complex

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Scirtoidea
Family Scirtidae (Marsh Beetles)
No Taxon (Contacyphon-group genera)
Genus Herthania
No Taxon concinna complex
Numbers
Consists of two externally inseparable species with overlapping ranges in the western US and Canada:
Herthania concinna (LeConte, 1853)
Herthania yoshitomii Klausnitzer 2016
Identification
Both species are all photos shown in guide for this species should be treated as potentially being either species. Both species are generally black with striking orange-yellow markings on the elytra. Dissection is required for identification following Kalusnitzer (2016).
Remarks
All photos shown in guide for this species should be treated as potentially being either species.
Internet References
Klausnitzer, B. 2016. Eine neue Art der Gattung Herthania Klausnitzer, 2006 (Coleoptera, Scirtidae) aus Nordamerika. Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (2): 1313-1319.
Contributed by Matthew Pintar on 8 September, 2024 - 8:44am

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