Anthribidae Of Guam
Author
Zimmerman, Elwood C.
Bernice P. Bishop Museum
text
1942
1942-06-01
Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Honolulu, Hawaii
Insects of Guam I
65
72
book chapter
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5159835
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Genus
ARAECERUS
Schoenherr, 1826
This genus is predominantly ludo-Australian. The two species found in
Guam
have become very widespread and are readily carried by commerce. They jump rapidly when disturbed.
KEY 1'0 1'HE SPECIES
Segments of the antenna! club strongly asymmetrical, each almost straight on one side and strongly convex on the other (
fig. 1
,
d),
second antenna! segment usually only about half as long as the third; mesocoxae and fore tibiae of male unarmed..................................................................................
A.
fasciculatus
(De Geer)
.
Segments of the antenna! club almost symmetrical, each rounded on either side (
fig. 1
,
e),
second antenna! segment about three fourths as long as the third; mesocoxae of the male with a conspicuous conical tooth; fore tibiae of the male armed below with a small but rather strong apical mucro and usually with numerous variable teeth and longer, hairlike pubescence than dorsally................
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These two species are closely allied, and greatly resemble one another. They can be separated only after detailed examination.