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Species Alaus zunianus - Zuni Click Beetle

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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 Agrypninae
Tribe Hemirhipini
Genus Alaus
Species zunianus (Zuni Click Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Alaus zunianus Casey, 1893
Numbers
5 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Identification
White markings on elytra are patchy and clumped, in contrast to A. oculatus which has smaller, more evenly dispersed white spots.
A. lusciosus is very similar but probably does not overlap in range. (E.G. Riley, pers. comm. to JSR, 2008)
Range
AZ (BG data)
Season
May-Aug (BG data)
Print References
Casey, T.L. 1893. Coleopterological Notices. V. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 7: 281-606, plate 1.
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 21 June, 2006 - 7:14pm
Additional contributions by Joshua Stuart Rose, Mike Quinn
Last updated 1 May, 2016 - 6:20pm

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