Species Branchus whiteheadi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Print References

Branchus whiteheadi Steiner - Branchus whiteheadi

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 Pimeliinae

Tribe Branchini

Genus Branchus

Species whiteheadi (Branchus whiteheadi)

Explanation of Names

Branchus whiteheadi Steiner 1991

named after Don Whitehead

Size

6.0-8.3 mm (Steiner 1991)

Identification

usually encrusted with pale coating of soil (Steiner 1991)

Range

sw. to c. to s. TX (Steiner 1991)

Life Cycle

flightless (Steiner 1991)

Print References

Steiner W.E., Jr. (1991) Branchus whiteheadi, new species, from southern Texas, with notes on the genus Branchus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 93: 425-432. (Full text)

Contributed by v belov on 17 March, 2011 - 7:56pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 1 October, 2022 - 4:24pm

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