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Species Glyphonyx knulli

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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 Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Elateridae (Click Beetles)
Subfamily Elaterinae
Tribe Synaptini
Genus Glyphonyx
Species knulli (Glyphonyx knulli)
Explanation of Names
Glyphonyx knulli Smith and Balsbaugh 1984
Identification
-frontal and nasale carinae joined at the middle
-prosternal process margined to apex
-size and color
-length of elytra only slightly more than twice the width
-lateral pronotal carina extending to almost, but not beyond, 3/4 length of pronotum (1/2 to 2/3 length)
Range
AZ, TX
Remarks
Type Locality: southern AZ in the Catalina Mountains
Print References
Smith, J.W., and E.U. Balsbaugh Jr. 1984. A taxonomic revision of the Nearctic species of Glyphonyx (Coleoptera: Elateridae) with notes on G. quadraticollis Champion. North Dakota Insects, Schafer-Post Series 16. 86 pp.