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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Ironclad Beetles (Zopheridae) » Ironclad Beetles (Zopherinae) » Zopherini » Zopherus » Zopherus tristis

Species Zopherus tristis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
Zopherus - Zopherus tristis Tenebrionoidea - Zopherus tristis Tenebrionoidea - Zopherus tristis Zopherus tristis? - Zopherus tristis - female Zopherus tristis? - Zopherus tristis - female Zopherus tristis? - Zopherus tristis - female Zopherus tristis? - Zopherus tristis - female Zopherus tristis? - Zopherus tristis - female
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 tristis (Zopherus tristis)
Explanation of Names
Zopherus tristis LeConte 1851
Size
10.5-22mm(1)
Identification
Entire dorsum black, with flattened elytral tubercles whose hind margins are more or less truncate; apex of elytra narrows abruptly, and descends more steeply than in other species. Pronotum with coarse punctures (some may have coarsely granulate punctures, similar to Z. granicollis)(1)
Range
sw. US (TX to CA); Mexico (Baja California, Sonora)(1)
Habitat
In CA, found under the bark of desert trees, including the non-native Tamarix(2)
Internet References
type specimen
Works Cited
1.A review of the genus Zopherus of the World (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
C.A. Triplehorn. 1972. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 108: 1-24.
2.Field Guide to Beetles of California
Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue. 2006. University of California Press.
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 3 February, 2009 - 3:50pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 17 March, 2014 - 10:37am

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