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Hornietus Stebnicka 2000
Hornietus Stebnicka 2000: 287.
Photos by P. Skelley.
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Type species. Pleurophorus ventralis Horn 1887: 91, by original designation.
Diagnosis. Body length 3.8-4.0 mm, elongate, parallel-sided, flattened, black. Head and pronotum smooth. Elytra deeply striate; elytral interval 10 swollen apically, becoming lateral margin. Metasternum with patch of large deep punctures each side of middle. Abdominal sternites III-IV with deep medial cavities at base.
Distribution. Eastern North America.
Composition. Hornietus contains a single species.
Hornietus ventralis (Horn 1887: 91) [Pleurophorus], E-USA, SE Canada.
= Ataenius braunarum Dury 1902: 154.
Life History. Reported to have been collected from logs associated with insect frass, leaf litter, in passalid beetle galleries in logs, and flying at dusk.
Larvae. Unknown.
References:
Gordon, R. D., and P. E. Skelley. 2007. A monograph of the Aphodiini inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 79: 580 pp.
Stebnicka, Z. T. 2000a. A new genus for Nearctic Pleurophorus ventralis Horn, 1887, with phylogenetic inferences (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Aphodiini). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 43: 287‑291.
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| Author: Paul Skelley Generated on: 01/MAY/08.....Last modified: 01/MAY/08 University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology |