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Species Vasaces elongatus

Female, Vasaces? Maybe V. elongatus? - Vasaces elongatus - 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 Oedemeridae (False Blister Beetles)

Subfamily Oedemerinae

Tribe Asclerini

Genus Vasaces

Species elongatus (Vasaces elongatus)

Explanation of Names

Vasaces elongatus Arnett 1953

Size

8 mm(1)

Identification

Second antennal segment nearly as long as third; body slender; eyes nearly entire; pronotum with nearly parallel sides; uniformly dark, metallic in color. (2)

Range

w. TX (Brewster Co.) - Map (1)(3)

Remarks

Type Locality: Chisos Mtns of Big Bend NP, Brewster Co., TX

Print References

Arnett R.H., Jr. 1953. Beetles of the oedemerid genus Vasaces Champion. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 103: 87-94. (Full Text)

Works Cited

1.	Beetles of the oedemerid genus Vasaces Champion Arnett R.H., Jr. 1953. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 103: 87-94.

2.	Species of Oedemeridae of the Big Bend region of Texas Arnett R.H., Jr. 1965. Proc. USNM 118: 47‒56.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by v belov on 17 March, 2011 - 10:02pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 13 May, 2024 - 5:19pm

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