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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Histerinae » Hololeptini » Iliotona » Iliotona cacti

Species Iliotona cacti

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

Superfamily Hydrophiloidea

Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)

Subfamily Histerinae

Tribe Hololeptini

Genus Iliotona

Species cacti (Iliotona cacti)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Iliotona cacti (LeConte)

Orig. Comb: Hololepta cacti LeConte 1851

Size

References cite 4.5-7.5 mm(1) and 5-7.5 mm(2). However, BugGuide posts are of specimens that are 10.7 mm including mandibles, and 11 mm excluding mandibles. The Type on MCZ is 14 mm including mandibles.

Identification

"Prosternum carinate, acutely produced anteriorly; teeth of hind and middle tibiae equally spaced" (3) separates Iliotona from Hololepta. I. cacti is the only species in our area. That is, prosternum is produced in the center into a nearly acute "V" underneath the head, while Hololepta have that area either flattened/rounded, or with a broader V.

Det. V. Belov, 2020

Range

s. CA to Houston to Guatemala - Map (4)(5)

Remarks

Type Locality: San Diego, CA

Print References

LeConte, J.L. 1851. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera, from California. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 5: 125–184. (Full Text)

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Beetles of California Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue. 2006. University of California Press.

2.	Synopsis of the Histeridae of the United States George H. Horn. 1873. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 13, No. 90, pp. 273-360 .

3.	American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

4.	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.

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by v belov on 1 April, 2010 - 4:16pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, margarethe brummermann, Edward Ruden
Last updated 9 January, 2023 - 9:44pm

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