Diphytaxis excavata Horn 1890

Otto, Robert L. & Karns, Ken D., 2017, New state records for Nearctic false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae), Insecta Mundi 2017 (582), pp. 1-21 : 13

Diphytaxis excavata Horn 1890

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This eucnemid species was previously known from Belize, Cuba, Guatemala and Mexico. In the United States, D. excavata were found in Arkansas, Texas ( Muona 2000; Otto 2011b) and taken for the first time in Missouri. Two specimens were taken from Lindgren funnel traps. MISSOURI: Callaway County: 2.1 km NNW Fulton, 11–25 August 2016, B. Deschu (CMNH), Cole County: 4.9 km SW Jefferson City, 30 June–12 July 2016, B. Deschu (GERP).

Figures

Figures 7–12. Nearctic Eucnemidae, dorsal habitus. 7) Dirrhagofarsus ernae. 8) Eucnemis americana. 9) Euryptychus heterocerus. 10) Euryptychus ulkei. 11) Diphytaxis excavata. 12) Onichodon wappesi. (Scale: 7–12 = 1.0 mm.)