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Genus Statira

Odd Beetle - Statira basalis Another beetle from the good ole days. - Statira Lagriinae - Statira Beetle - Statira Statira pluripunctata? - Statira pluripunctata - female Statira liebecki Statira dolera Tenebrionidae, dorsal - Statira
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 Lagriinae (Long-jointed Beetles)
Tribe Lagriini
Genus Statira
Explanation of Names
Statira Serville 1825
Likely a historical reference. Statira (or Stateira) was the name of several Persian noblewomen, including one married to Alexander the Great. The name is Greek, adopted from Old Persian.
Numbers
16 spp. in our area(1)
Size
6‒14 mm
Identification
key to spp. in (2); not yet in the Guide:
Statira dumalis Parsons 1973 (CA)
Statira huachucae Schaeffer 1905 (AZ‒NM)
Statira latitator Parsons 1973 (CA‒Baja)
Statira opacicollis Horn 1888 (AZ)
Range
mostly neotropical; in our area, QC + e. & so. US, most diverse in the south(1)
Habitat
larvae under bark and in stumps
Season
May‒Jul in IN(3), May‒Aug in NC (S. gagatina)(4), Feb‒May in c TX (=v=)
Food
Adults feed on foliage
Remarks
Adults are nocturnal and come to lights
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America
Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.
2.A key to nearctic Statira and Arthromacra (Lagriidae)
Parsons C.T. 1975. The Coleopterists Bulletin 29: 211-226.
3.An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana.
Blatchley, W. S. 1910. Indianapolis,Nature Pub. Co.
4.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 29 April, 2006 - 2:06pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 22 March, 2024 - 9:08am

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