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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Ant-like Leaf Beetles (Aderidae) » Aderini » Syzetoninina » Syzeton » Syzeton ater

Species Syzeton ater

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited
Syzeton ater (LeConte) - Syzeton ater Aderid - Syzeton ater - male Aderid - Syzeton ater - male Beetle - Syzeton ater Beetle - Syzeton ater Syzeton ater (LeConte) - Syzeton ater
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 Aderidae (Ant-like Leaf Beetles)
Tribe Aderini
Subtribe Syzetoninina
Genus Syzeton
Species ater (Syzeton ater)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Xylophilus ater LeConte 1875, Zonantes ater (LeConte)
Explanation of Names
Syzeton ater (LeConte)
ater 'black'
Range
c. US (*PA-LA to IL-*KS-TX) - Map (1)(*BG data)(2)
Habitat
Oak-juniper woodlands in c. TX(3)
Season
Apr-Oct in c. TX(3)(1)
Works Cited
1.The genus Syzeton Blackburn, 1891 (Coleoptera, Aderidae) in the United States of America
Gompel, Nicolas. 2022. Zootaxa 5162 (3): 243–267.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 9 October, 2011 - 1:43pm
Additional contributions by Nicolas Gompel, v belov
Last updated 24 October, 2024 - 11:37pm

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