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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Soft-winged Flower Beetles (Melyridae) » Malachiinae » Malachiini » Attalina » Attalus » Attalus scapularis

Species Attalus scapularis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Attalus scapularis Marshall - Attalus scapularis Attalus scapularis Marshall - Attalus scapularis Attalus scapularis Marshall - Attalus scapularis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Melyridae (Soft-winged Flower Beetles)
Subfamily Malachiinae
Tribe Malachiini
Subtribe Attalina
Genus Attalus
Species scapularis (Attalus scapularis)
Explanation of Names
Attalus scapularis Marshall, 1955
scapularis - a reference to the black 'shoulder' marks.
Numbers
54 spp n. of Mex. (1)
Size
2.5-3.0 mm (Marshall, 1955)
Identification

Det. M.A. Quinn, 2013
Range
c. to s. TX (2)(3)
Remarks
Type Locality: Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas. This sp. was described from three spmns, all coll. in Brownsville in 1903, 1937, and 1939.
See Also
Attalus humeralis LeConte

Det. Jeff Gruber, 2009
Print References
Marshall, M.Y. 1955. Studies in Malachiidae, VI. Coleopterists Bulletin, 9: 35-48.
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.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
3.Illustrated Beetle (Coleoptera) Inventory of the Sabal Palm Sanctuary (Cameron County, Texas)
Edward G. Riley & Michael A. Quinn. 2011. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 13 April, 2009 - 11:15am
Last updated 9 October, 2021 - 2:17pm

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