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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Comb-clawed Beetles (Alleculinae) » Alleculina » Hymenorus » Hymenorus discretus

Species Hymenorus discretus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Hymenorus discretus - 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 Alleculinae (Comb-clawed Beetles)
Subtribe Alleculina
Genus Hymenorus
Species discretus (Hymenorus discretus)
Explanation of Names
Hymenorus discretus Casey, 1891
Range
FL-MA-WI (1) (TL: Mass.)
Remarks
Reported by Walter et al. (1938)(2) as a nest associate of Atta texana, but apparently, their ranges do not overlap (1). Waller & Moser (1990) suggest this might have been a misidentification of Lobopoda opacicollis Champion (3)
Print References
Casey, T.L. 1891. Coleopterological Notices. III. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 6: 9-214.
Internet References
Type Info - Smithsonian
Works Cited
1.The Darkling Beetles of Florida and Eastern United States (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae).
Dunford et al. 2005. University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Dept., Gainesville.
2.The Texas leaf-cutting ant and its control.
Walter et al. 1938. USDA Circular No. 494: 1-18.
3.Invertebrate enemies and nest associates of the leaf-cutting ant Atta texana (Buckley) (Formicudae, Attini).
Waller, D.A. & J.C. Moser. 1990. Westview Press, Boulder, CO.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 10 February, 2011 - 7:23pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 22 April, 2014 - 9:34am

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