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Species Lystronychus piliferus

Lystronichus piliferus Champion - Lystronychus piliferus

Lystronichus piliferus - Lystronychus piliferus

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 Alleculinae (Comb-clawed Beetles)

Subtribe Xystropodina

Genus Lystronychus

Species piliferus (Lystronychus piliferus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Syn: Lystronichus (spelling)

Explanation of Names

Lystronychus piliferus Champion, 1888 (1)

piliferus (L). 'hairy' (2)

Numbers

3 spp. n. of Mex. (3)

Range

c. TX (Bexar Co.) to Brazil - Map (1)(4)

Habitat

Beaten abundantly from vine tangles of Clematis drummondii and other vines in palmetto thicket at Santo Tomas [=Sabal Palm Grove], in woods near Rock's Resaca and in tangled woods back of Fort Brown, [Brownsville, Texas]. (Townsend 1902)

Season

Apr-Oct (BG data)

Print References

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)

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.

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

3.	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.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 13 April, 2009 - 7:45pm
Last updated 30 April, 2025 - 10:17am

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