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Genus Rhypasma

Rhypasma - female
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 Belopini
Genus Rhypasma
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Genus needs revision; has been variably classified as either Lagriinae: Belopini, Pimeliinae: Stenosini, or Tenebrioninae: Scotobiini;
Genus not included in Arnett et al. (2002)(1)
Explanation of Names
Rhypasma Pascoe 1862
Range
Known in the US from a single female taken in southernmost Texas (Cameron Co.) (2)
Habitat
The specimen is labeled “Berlese rotten log and Celtis leaf litter.” The sample that produced this specimen came from the Rio Grande levee directly east of the Sabal Palm Grove headquarters building. The litter was collected from under a dense stand of hackberry trees (E.G. Riley, personal observation).
Life Cycle
numerous congeneric specimens have been collected at lights elsewhere (2)
Remarks
Texas considers this sp. a SGCN (3)
Print References
Pascoe F.P. (1862) Notices of new or little-known genera and species of Coleoptera. The Journal of Entomology 1: 319-370.
Riley E.G., King J.E. (2009) Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. (2)