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Species Armalia texana

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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 Pimeliinae
Tribe Edrotini
Genus Armalia
Species texana (Armalia texana)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Armalia texana (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Emmenastus texanus LeConte, 1866
Size
Length 7.2 mm (Casey, 1907)
Range
s. TX to Brazos River - Map (1)(2)
Remarks
common at Laguna Atascosa NWR, Cameron Co.(3); uncommon in c.TX (Brazos Co.), comes to lights (=v=)
Print References
Casey, T.L. (1907). A revision of the American components of the tenebrionid subfamily Tentyriinae. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 9: 275-522.
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.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Beetle biodiversity response to vegetation restoration of mid-valley riparian woodland in the LRGV of southern Texas.
King, J.E. 2015. Unpublished master's thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station. viii + 218 pp.