Elonus simplex Werner, 1992

Gompel, Nicolas, 2017, A review of North American Elonus species, with description of E. gruberi n. sp. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Aderidae), Zootaxa 4338 (3), pp. 533-545 : 544-545

Elonus simplex Werner , 199 2

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Elonus simplex Werner, 1992 : Werner, 1992: 260. Holotype: MCZC [examined] Type locality. United States, Arizona: Cochise County, Cochise Stronghold: Dragoon Mountains. Distribution. United States (Arizona).

Material examined. USA. Arizona: Cochise County, Cochise Stronghold: Dragoon Mountains , (RJ Shaw leg.) 27 VII 1970 (1 ♂, holotype, MCZC) ; Pima County, Santa Rita Range Reserve: IBP site, Sta. Rita, UV trap (D Chandler, WL Nutting leg.) 15.VII.1973 (1 ♂, paratype, BMNH) ; Pima County, Santa Rita Experimental Range, Florida Canyon, mountain canyon riparian habitat, at side of dirt road next to actively flowing wash, at blacklight, night, (JP Gruber leg.) 4.VIII.2013 (1 ♀, NGPC) .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus of Elonus species in dorsal view. a, Elonus basalis (LeConte), ♂, from Wisconsin. b, Elonus gruberi n. sp., ♂ holotype, from Wisconsin. c, Elonus gruberi n. sp., ♀, from Wisconsin. d, Elonus simplex Werner, ♂, from Arizona (paratype). e, Elonus hesperus Werner, ♂, from Mississippi. f, Elonus hesperus Werner, ♀, from Mississippi. g, Elonus excavatus Werner, ♂, from Arizona (holotype). h, Elonus chisosensis Werner, ♂, from Arizona (paratype). d, Elonus nebulosus (LeConte), ♂, from Texas.