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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Long-jointed Beetles (Lagriinae) » Lagriini » Statira » Statira pulchella

Species Statira pulchella

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Statira pulchella Maklin - Statira pulchella
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 pulchella (Statira pulchella)
Explanation of Names
Statira pulchella Mäklin 1863
Range
southmost Texas (Cameron Co.) to e. Mex. (Champion, 1889-1893)(1)
Habitat
collected by beating vine overgrown bushes in Brownsville, TX (Schaeffer 1905)
Remarks
common in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico (Champion, 1889-1893)
Print References
Champion, G.C. (1889-1893) Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta. Coleoptera. Heteromera (part). Volume IV, Part 2. Pg. 33, Tab. 2, Fig. 8.
Schaeffer C. (1905) Three new species of the genus Statira Latreille. J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 13: 179-181. (Full text)
Works Cited
1.A Key to the North American Statira (Coleoptera: Lagriidae).
Parsons, C.T. 1965. Psyche 72(3): 241-254.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 8 April, 2009 - 2:39pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 February, 2022 - 11:44am

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