Species Ligyrus cuniculus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · Works Cited

Tomarus cuniculus - Ligyrus cuniculus - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Dynastinae (Rhinoceros Beetles)

Tribe Pentodontini

Genus Ligyrus

Species cuniculus (Ligyrus cuniculus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Syn: Tomarus cuniculus (Fabricius, 1801)

Explanation of Names

Ligyrus (Anagrylius) cuniculus (Fabricius, 1801) new combination (1)

Size

Length 13.0–18.8 mm (1)

Identification

Easily identified by distinctive male genitalia.

Apical angles of clypeus rounded; clypeal teeth triangular to transverse. First and second apical teeth of mandible equal in size and not joined each other. Parameres with parallel sides, without ventral teeth (Figs. 15D, 17D) (1)

Range

s. FL / W. Indies / S. Amer. (1)

Florida (11): Broward; Dade; Highlands; Lee; Key West; Martin; Monroe (including Dry Tortugas); Palm Beach; St. Lucie.

South Carolina (2): Edisto Island (1)

Season

Active year-round in Ft. Lauderdale. (2)

Remarks

"An invasive species that can cause significant turfgrass damage along the Atlantic Coast of Florida." (2)

Works Cited

1.	Cladistic analysis reveals polyphyly of Tomarus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) new classification and taxonomic revision López-García, M.M. and C. Deloya. 2022. Zootaxa 5211(1): 1-119.

2.	Flight activity and relative abundance of phytophagous scarabs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from two locations in Florida Buss, E.A. 2006. Florida Entomologist 89: 32-40.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 16 December, 2013 - 10:43pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 12 June, 2023 - 2:51pm

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