Species Hypothyce mixta

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Hypothyce mixta Howden - Hypothyce mixta

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Melolonthinae (May Beetles and Junebugs)

Tribe Melolonthini

Genus Hypothyce

Species mixta (Hypothyce mixta)

Explanation of Names

Hypothyce mixta Howden 1968

Numbers

2 spp. (1)

Identification

PARATYPE

Range

endemic to e. Texas and two parishes in north-central Louisiana - Map (2)(3)

frequently collected at Camp Whispering Pines near Garrison, TX (Barfield and Gibson 1975)

Food

Adults apparently did not eat and appear to have a vestigial digestive system. (Barfield and Gibson 1975)

Remarks

Type Locality: Tennessee colony, Anderson Co., TX

Paratypes cited by Howden are from other localities in Anderson County, as well as in Harris, Nacogdoches and Wood counties. Hardy (1974) added Gonzales county.

Currently only one species is recognized in Texas; however, preliminary study indicates it is either a highly polytypic species or multiple species are present. Riley and Wolfe (2003) collected or have seen Hypothyce specimens from Anderson, Bastrop, Burleson, Caldwell, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Newton, Nacogdoches, Robertson, Smith and Wood counties in Texas, and Winn Parish, Louisiana. Further taxonomic and biological studies are needed to assess the status of these populations and to determine which of these are true H. mixta. (2)

Print References

Barfield, C.S. and W.M. Gibson. 1975. Observations on the life history of Hypothyce mixta Howden (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 29: 25l-256. JSTOR

Hardy, A.R. 1974. Revisions of Thyce LeConte and related genera (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Entomology. State of California Department of Food and Agriculture. Occasional Papers #20. 47 pages.

Howden, H.F. 1968. Generic relationships of Thyce, Plectrodes, Dinacoma, and Hypotrichia, with a description of a new genus from species from eastern Texas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). The Canadian Entomologist 100: 542-548.

Riley, E.G. and C.S. Wolfe. 2003. An Annotated Checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas (Coleoptera). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement no. 26: 1-37.(2)

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by v belov on 17 March, 2011 - 6:07pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 15 June, 2023 - 1:53pm

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