New Records and a Checklist of Melandryidae and Tetratomidae Known from Arizona, USA (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)
Author
Johnston, M. Andrew
Author
Warner, William B.
Author
Pollock, Darren A.
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2024
2024-03-22
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1
53
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-78.1.53
journal article
10.1649/0010-065X-78.1.53
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Hallomenus
(
Hallomenus
)
scapularis
Melsheimer, 1846
(
Figs. 3A, B
)
Hallomenus scapularis
Melsheimer 1846: 57
.
Literature Records: None.
Digital Records: Two records from Pima and Yavapai counties (
GBIF 2023
).
Specimens Examined
: “
USA
: AZ:
Apache Co.
// Baldy Trailhead on//Hwy. 273;33.9661, // -109. 502;viii.15.2019 // ex.
Sparassis radicata
|| Collector //
W.B. Warner
” (4
ASUHIC
)
;
“
USA
:AZ:
Apache Co.
// near
Glabedon
camp- // ground;33.9279,-109 //.4869;
Aug. 14, 2019
// ex.
Sparassis radicata
|| Collector //
W.B. Warner
” (4
ASUHIC
)
;
“
Arizona
:
Apache Co.
//
15.5 miles
W Eagar
//
34.0662
,
109.5443
//
June 24, 2022
On // fence
Kyle E. Schnepp
” (1
FSCA
)
;
“
Arizona
:
Cochise Co.
//
Rustler Park
8400’ //
31.9029
,
-109.2774
//
August 16, 2019
under // pine bark
Kyle E. Schnepp
” (1
FSCA
, elytra entirely testaceous, possibly slightly teneral); “
USA
:AZ:
Coconino Co.
// FS300,
2.4 km
NW jct. // with FS105; 34.3321 // -110.9633; vii.30- viii. // 17.2019; VFlight inter- //
cept trap
; WB Warner” (13
ASUHIC
)
;
“
USA
: AZ:
Cochise Co.
//
Huachuca Mts.
; 0.8 rd. // mi. SW Reef; 31.4238 // 110.2991; July 1524 // 2018; VFlight
intercept
// trap;
W.B. Warner
” (1
ASUHIC
)
.
Notes.
New state record
. This species is recognizable by its lighter-colored humeral spots. There is a moderate degree of color variation within the series examined where the base color can range from brown to piceous. The pronotum often has at least a distinct light median longitudinal stripe but it can also be nearly concolorous and the pronotum can be the same hue as the elytra or range from darker to lighter in color. The humeral spots vary slightly in size and contrast from the rest of the elytra. Coloration did not seem to covary with sex or any other obvious character. Five digitized records are only determined to genus (from Cochise and Pima counties and deposited in the Triplehorn Insect Collection at The
Ohio State
University) and could represent either this species or the following species.