Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syn: Hapalips texanus Schaeffer 1910
Explanation of Names
Truquiella Champion, 1913
Numbers
Genus not formally recorded n. of Mex.
(1)Size
length 3.6-4.7 mm (Riley & King 2009)
Identification
Mesepisternal pit and transverse prosternal impression present; male with a well developed anterior projection on pronotum. (Leschen 2003)
Truquiella sp(p)., male and female
Det. Paul Skelley, 2012
Range
southmost TX (Cameron & Hidalgo Cos.)
(2),(Schaeffer 1910),(BG data)
Season
Number of TX collecting events by month:
April (1), August (1), October (2).
(2)
Sept (2), Nov (1) (BG data)
Remarks
Texas considers this to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN)
(3)See Also
Truquiella and Hapalips are very similar, except in sexual dimorphism. Males of Hapalips do not have the expanded pronotum, but instead have a small tooth on the tip of the apical abdominal ventrite. (Comment by Paul Skelley, 2012)
Print References
Champion, G.C. 1913. Notes on various Central American Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1913: 58-169.
Full Text
Leschen, R.A.B. 2003. Erotylidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cucujoidea): Phylogeny and Review. Fauna of New Zealand 47, 108 pp.
Full PDF
Riley, E.G. & J.E. King. 2009. Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin.
(2)
Schaeffer, C. 1910. New Clavicorn Coleoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 26: 210-216.
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