Metablapylis Blaisdell, 1909

Triplehorn, Charles A., Thomas, Donald B. & Rile, Edward G., 2009, The Genus Eleodes Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) In Texas, The Coleopterists Bulletin 63 (4), pp. 413-437 : 434

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https://doi.org/ 10.1649/1177.1

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scientific name

Metablapylis Blaisdell, 1909
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Subgenus Metablapylis Blaisdell, 1909

The anterior femora are never dentate (though in some males the femora are sinuate) and the anterior tarsi are simple. The middle lobe of the mentum is very small with the lateral lobes fully exposed, and lacking the median carina found in the species of Caverneleodes . The dorsal plates at the apex of the female ovipositor are oblong with a small mammiliform, penicillate appendage. Three species of the subgenus are newly recorded for Texas.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Tenebrionidae

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