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Species Oxacis trirossi

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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 Oedemeridae (False Blister Beetles)
Subfamily Oedemerinae
Tribe Asclerini
Genus Oxacis
Species trirossi (Oxacis trirossi)
Explanation of Names
Oxacis trirossi Arnett 1964
Size
7.0-9.5 mm(1)
Identification
Thorax narrower in front, length to width ratio 5:4; surface of thorax swollen between punctures; prothorax immaculate or with a central stripe only(2)
Range
AZ to e. TX, FL, strays to SD & IN / Mex. - Map (3)(2)(4)
Habitat
Riparian habitats (2)
Life Cycle
apparently asso. w/ willow and cottonwood flowers(2)
Print References
(5)
Works Cited
1.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
2.Arnett R.H., Jr. (2000-2005) False blister beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Oedemeridae)
3. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5.Some nomenclatural changes in Oedemeridae (Coleoptera)
Arnett R.H., Jr. 1964. Col. Bull. 18: 33-36.