Onichodon wappesi Muona, 2000

Otto, Robert L., 2024, New records for 23 species of Nearctic false click beetles including new country records for Protofarsus convexus (Fisher) (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Dirhagini), Insecta Mundi 2024 (95), pp. 1-11 : 10

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14662335

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8870AE27-8CE8-4B9B-8E6E-4135C695F5FFCMNHC

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scientific name

Onichodon wappesi Muona, 2000
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Onichodon wappesi Muona, 2000

This rarely encountered, southern eucnemid species has been taken from Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas ( Otto 2022b; Otto and Karns 2017). New state records are confirmed for Mississippi, based on 14 specimens collected at UV light traps near Kiln, Mississippi. MISSISSIPPI: Hancock County: MISSISSIPPI: Hancock/ Co., 2.3 km SSE of Kiln/ 30.38813, −89.43032 / 10–13 Aug 2023, UV/ light trap, R. Kergosien // Onichodon / wappesi / Muona/ Det. R.L. Otto/ 2024 (2, CMNH); MISSISSIPPI: Hancock/ Co., 2.3 km SSE of Kiln/ 30.38813, −89.43032 / 14–16 Aug 2023, UV/ light trap, R. Kergosien // Onichodon / wappesi / Muona/ Det. R.L. Otto/ 2024 (1, GERP); MISSISSIPPI: Hancock/ Co., 2.3 km SSE of Kiln/ 30.38813, −89.43032 / 17–21 Aug 2023, UV/ light trap, R. Kergosien // Onichodon / wappesi / Muona/ Det. R.L. Otto/ 2024 (1, CMNH); MISSISSIPPI: Hancock/ Co., 2.3 km SSE of Kiln/ 30.38813, −89.43032 / 22–24 Aug 2023, UV/ light trap, R. Kergosien // Onichodon / wappesi / Muona/ Det. R.L. Otto/ 2024 (2, CMNH; 1 GERP); MISSISSIPPI: Hancock/ Co., 2.3 km SSE of Kiln/ 30.38813, −89.43032 / 25–27 Aug 2023, UV/ light trap, R. Kergosien // Onichodon / wappesi / Muona/ Det. R.L. Otto/ 2024 (5, CMNH; 1 NHM); MISSISSIPPI: Hancock/ Co., 2.3 km SSE of Kiln/ 30.38813, −89.43032 / 11–16 Sept 2023, UV/ light trap, R. Kergosien // Onichodon / wappesi / Muona/ Det. R.L. Otto/ 2024 (1, NHM).

Muona J. 2000. A revision of the Nearctic Eucnemidae. Acta Zoologica Fennica 212: 1 - 106.

Otto RL, Karns KD. 2017. New state records for Nearctic false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae). Insecta Mundi 0582: 1 - 21.

Otto RL. 2022 b. New state records for 33 species of Nearctic false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae). Insecta Mundi 0934: 1 - 13.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Eucnemidae

Genus

Onichodon