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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Stenochiinae » Stenochiini » Strongylium » Strongylium hemistriatum

Species Strongylium hemistriatum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Works Cited
Strongylium hemistriatum Strongylium hemistriatum Triplehorn & Spilman - Strongylium hemistriatum Beetle - Strongylium hemistriatum Strongylium hemistriatum Strongylium hemistriatum 6023857 Stongylium - Strongylium hemistriatum Darkling Beetle - Strongylium hemistriatum 3039404 teneb - Strongylium hemistriatum
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 Stenochiinae
Tribe Stenochiini
Genus Strongylium
Species hemistriatum (Strongylium hemistriatum)
Explanation of Names
Strongylium hemistriatum Triplehorn & Spilman 1973
Size
12.3-13.8(1)
Identification
Easily distinguished from all other Strongylium in our area by unusual elytral striae which are described as being "sulcate on posterior half but not on anterior"(1)
Range
c. to s. TX - Map (1)(2)
Season
late April to October (1)(2)
Works Cited
1.A review of Strongylium of America north of Mexico, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)
Triplehorn C.A., Spilman T.J. 1973. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 99: 1-27.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 24 June, 2010 - 9:32am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 15 December, 2023 - 3:45pm

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