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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Agrypninae » Oophorini » Conoderus » Conoderus xysticus

Species Conoderus xysticus

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Conoderus xysticus (Candeze) - Conoderus xysticus Conoderus xysticus (Candèze) - Conoderus xysticus Conoderus xysticus (Candèze) - Conoderus xysticus click beetle? - Conoderus xysticus click beetle - Conoderus xysticus click beetle - Conoderus xysticus Conoderus xysticus spotted click beetle - Conoderus xysticus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Elateridae (Click Beetles)
Subfamily Agrypninae
Tribe Oophorini
Genus Conoderus
Species xysticus (Conoderus xysticus)
Other Common Names
Atta-associated Click Beetle
Explanation of Names
Conoderus xysticus (Candèze 1859)
xysticus (G). 'scraped; a scraper' (1)
Size
15-20 mm
Range
w. LA to C. Amer. - Map (2)(3), all US records are within the range of Texas Leaf-Cutter Ant
Habitat
wide sandy coastal plain of TX & LA
Life Cycle
"One adult captured entering [an Atta texana] nest; an adult and many fragments found in nest refuse."(4); a larva collected in an Atta texana nest was identified as "Conoderus (prob. xysticus)"(5)
Remarks
comes to lights
Internet References
iNaturalist (3)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue")
Charles W. Leng. 1920. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY. x + 470 pp.
3.iNaturalist
4.The Texas leaf-cutting ant and its control.
Walter et al. 1938. USDA Circular No. 494: 1-18.
5.Contents and structure Atta texana nest in summer.
Moser, J.C. 1963. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 56(3): 286–291.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 8 September, 2010 - 3:27pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 November, 2023 - 10:43am

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