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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Comb-clawed Beetles (Alleculinae) » Alleculina » Hymenorus » Hymenorus densus

Species Hymenorus densus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Unidentified Beetle 2 - Hymenorus densus

Hymenorus densus LeConte - Hymenorus densus

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 Alleculinae (Comb-clawed Beetles)

Subtribe Alleculina

Genus Hymenorus

Species densus (Hymenorus densus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hymenorus densus LeConte, 1866

Explanation of Names

dens (L). 'thick; a tooth' (1)

Numbers

96 spp. n. of Mex. (2)

Size

6 mm (Type)

Range

coastal TX, AL-FL / Bahamas / Mex. - Map (3)(4), mostly TX & FL

Habitat

coastal plains (4)

Life Cycle

Hymenorus densus forms HUGE aggregations on flowers in Florida, especially those of yucca (10,000 individuals in a single flower stalk reported). (comment per M.C. Thomas)

Remarks

Type Locality: Florida

Print References

LeConte, J.L. 1866. New species of North American Coleoptera. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1 (concluded). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 6: 87-168.

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	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.

3.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 4 December, 2011 - 5:50pm
Last updated 10 May, 2023 - 10:11am

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