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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » False Blister Beetles (Oedemeridae) » Oedemerinae » Asclerini » Oxacis » Oxacis trimaculata

Species Oxacis trimaculata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Blister Beetle - Oxacis trimaculata Oxacis trirossi? - Oxacis trimaculata beetle - Oxacis trimaculata Possible Xanthochroa lateralis - Oxacis trimaculata Beetle - Oxacis trimaculata Arizona Beetle for ID - Oxacis trimaculata beetle - Oxacis trimaculata False Blister? - Oxacis trimaculata
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 Oedemeridae (False Blister Beetles)
Subfamily Oedemerinae
Tribe Asclerini
Genus Oxacis
Species trimaculata (Oxacis trimaculata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Oxacis semicincta Pic, 1924
Oxacis cana var. championi Pic, 1927
There is much yet to be said about this species and the variable populations assigned to this name.(1)
Explanation of Names
Oxacis trimaculata Champion 1890
Size
7.0-12.0 mm(2)
Range
e US to CA (SC-FL to SD-CA) to Guatemala - Map (2)(3), but not listed for FL by(4)(5), most records TX-OK
Print References
Champion, G.C. (1890) Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta. Coleoptera. Heteromera (part). Volume IV, Part 2, Tab. 7, Fig. 20
Works Cited
1.Some nomenclatural changes in Oedemeridae (Coleoptera)
Arnett R.H., Jr. 1964. Col. Bull. 18: 33-36.
2.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Arnett R.H., Jr. (2000-2005) False blister beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Oedemeridae)
5. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 29 February, 2012 - 11:28am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 July, 2022 - 10:02am

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