Elaterid And Eucnemid Beetles Of Guam
Author
Van Zwaluwenburg, R. H.
Experiment Station, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Honolulu
text
1942
1942-06-01
Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Honolulu, Hawaii
Insects of Guam I
53
55
book chapter
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5159555
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4.
Simodactylus
species.
A specimen of this genus, lacking head and thorax, was found by R. L. Usinger
June 27, 1936
on Mt. Alifan; its reddish brown elytra measure
12 mm
. in length. It is very different from the Polynesian
S. cinnamomeus
(Boisduval)
. The Mt. Alifan insect appears similar to
S. hesperius
Van Zwaluwenburg from
Palau
and the Carolines, and to
S. palauensis
Van Zwaluwenburg from
Palau
; like them, it bears a resemblance to some of the Philippine species of the genus. Its occurrence in the mountain forest suggests that it is native to
Guam
.