Tachinomorphus grossulus (LeConte)

Ferro, Michael L., Nguyen, Nhu H., Tishechkin, Alexey, Park, Jong-Seok, Bayless, Victoria & Carlton, Christopher E., 2013, Coleoptera Collected from Rotting Fishhook Barrel Cacti (Ferocactus wislizeni (Engelm.) Britton and Rose), with a Review of Nearctic Coleoptera Associated with Succulent Necrosis, The Coleopterists Bulletin 67 (4), pp. 419-443 : 432-433

Tachinomorphus grossulus (LeConte) ( Fig. 23 )

Comments. See previous account.

Range. Arizona and southern California , south to southern Baja California and Hidalgo, Mexico ( Campbell 1973) .

Habitat. Collected from rotting saguaro and Agave spp. ( Campbell 1973); “Occurs

not rarely in the decaying stems of various Cactaceae in Arizona.” ( Horn 1877); collected from the moist part of a rotten cavity in saguaro ( Hubbard 1899, as Physetoporus grossulus ); scavenger in cactus ( Hunter et al. 1912, as Physetoporus grossulus ).

Biology. Unknown other than habitat; collected December through August, the majority taken December through April ( Campbell 1973).

Additional References. Bla ckwelder 1 9 5 2 (as Physetoporus grossulus ); Brodie and White 1 8 8 3 (a s P h y s e t o p o r u s g ro s s u l u s, e r r o n e - ously reported from Canada); Crotch 1873 (as Coproporus grossulus LeConte and Physetophorus grossulus (LeConte)) ; Griffith 1900; Henshaw 1885 (as Physetoporus grossulus ); Horn 1877 (as Physetoporus grossulus ); Leng 1920 (as Physetophorus grossulus ); Moore 1937 (as Physetophorus grossulus ); Sharp 1887 (as Tachinoderus remotus Sharp ).

Figures

Figs. 20–25. Habitus images of Coleoptera in decayed barrel cacti. 20) Deroderus sp.; 21) Belonuchus ephippiatus; 22) Tachinomorphus grandis; 23) Tachinomorphus grossulus; 24) Cynaeus angustus; 25) Bitoma gracilis, photograph by Nathan Lord.