Texiluperus, Viswajyothi & Clark, 2022
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.842.1945 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:390ED50A-A0D5-45B0-B9C4-BA4EE7F619B3 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5EF4CB1E-8079-498D-A945-B92290EF2357 |
taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:5EF4CB1E-8079-498D-A945-B92290EF2357 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Texiluperus |
status |
gen. nov. |
Genus Texiluperus gen. nov.
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Type species
Luperodes spretus Horn, 1893 , by present designation.
Diagnosis
The antennae of this genus are unusual among the Scelidites, the third antennomere being fully twice as long as the second. See the following key for additional diagnostic characters.
Etymology
The name ‘ Texiluperus ’ suggests that the genus occurs in Texas, which is the case for both described species. The name should be treated as a male noun.
Remarks
This genus includes two putative species, both of which were originally named in Luperodes and most recently placed in Pseudoluperus : T. spretus ( Horn, 1893) comb. nov. and T. texanus ( Horn, 1893) comb. nov. Future study might show that they are mere color forms of a single variable species. See Wilcox (1965) for a key that includes the two putative species (as part of Pseudoluperus ).
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