Species Chlamisus maculipes

Chlamisus maculipes (Chevrolat)

Orig. Comb: Chlamys maculipes Chevrolat 1835

maculipes (L). 'spot-footed' (1)

8 spp. n. of Mex. (2)

Body length 3.6 to 6.0 mm, large for a chlamisine. (3)

This species is the most distinctive of the Chlamisini found in America north of Mexico. The head, antennae, and most of the ventral surfaces and legs are bright orange.

This species exhibits pronounced sexual dimorphism of a type which is not seen in other North American Chlamisini. The males have distinctly longer antennae than females, and the male prosternum is densely clothed with long pale hairs whereas that of the female is clothed with a few short inconspicuous hairs. (Riley & King, 2009)

southmost TX (Cameron Co.), south to C. Amer. - Map (2)(4)

Number of compiled Texas collecting events by month:

May (3), June (6), July (2). (3)

The few specimens I collected were from in the interior of the palm grove at the Sabal Palm Grove Preserve and were taken by random sweeping without any particular plant association (E. G. Riley, pers. obser.)

Chlamys maculipes, Chev.— One specimen taken on Malvaviscus drummondii in palmetto thicket at Santo Tomas, June 7th. Taken also by Schwarz at Santo Tomas in June. Distr. This is a tropical species, new to the United States fauna. It ranges from Tropical Mexico to Nicaragua, extending to the Lower Rio Grande. (Townsend 1902)

Texas considers this a SGCN (5)

Riley, E.G. & J.E. King. 2009. Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. (3)

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)