Amblyderus pallens

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Amblyderus pallens

Amblyderus pallens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Anthicidae
Genus: Amblyderus
Species:
A. pallens
Binomial name
Amblyderus pallens
(LeConte, 1850)
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Anthicus pallensLeConte, 1850
  • Amblyderus pallensCasey, 1895
  • Amblyderus arenariusCasey, 1895

Amblyderus pallens is a species of antlike flower beetle in the family Anthicidae. It is found in North America. [1] [3] [4] Amblyderus pallens is a small flightless beetle that inhabits the dunes across the United States and southern Canada with the exception of western North America. [2] . It is also referred to as the Pale Ant-like Flower Beetle. [5] NatureServe considers the species critically imperiled (SI) in Saskatchwan and Manitoba, Canada. [5]

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Description

Their body length ranges from 3.1 to 4.2 mm and their colour varies from yellow to light yellow and brown. Their back (dorsum) is lightly reticulated, though sometimes the head is smooth. This species has appressed body setae (hair), that is dense on their elytra. Lastly, A. pallens has reduced flight wings. [2]

Habitat and distribution

Amblyderus pallens live in dune and sandy beach habitats. [6] [7] The adults are found in the sand hiding under plants and debris like beach drift and also among grass roots up to 4-8 cm under the surface. [8] [9] They are usually found between May to August [8] , but can also be active from November to February. [2]

In Canada, they have been recorded in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and News Brunswick. [2] [8] [10] More recently, they have been discovered in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island [11] . In the United States, they have been recorded in Arizona, Colorado, [6] Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, [7] Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Amblyderus pallens Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chandler, Donald S (1999). "Revision of the North American species of Amblyderus with a checklist of the world species (Coleoptera: Anthicidae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 125 (3): 269–293. JSTOR   25078683.
  3. ↑ "Amblyderus pallens". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  4. 1 2 "Amblyderus pallens - Pale Ant-like Flower Beetle". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
  5. 1 2 Bright, Donald E; Kondratieff, Boris C (2023). 14. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Colorado. Insects of western North America. Fort Collins, Colorado 80523: C. P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Department of Agricultural Biology Colorado State University.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  6. 1 2 Schnepp, Kyle E.; Brattain, R. Michael; Powell, Gareth S. (2022-04-02). "A survey of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in several natural areas across Indiana, U.S.A." The Great Lakes Entomologist. 54 (2). doi:10.22543/0090-0222.2409. ISSN   0090-0222 . Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  7. 1 2 3 Majka, Christopher G; Ogden, Jeffrey (2006). "Brachygluta abdominalis (Aubé) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) newly recorded in Canada, with notes on other beach-drift beetles" (PDF). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 108 (4): 761–764.
  8. ↑ Blatchley, W.S. (1910). On the Coleptera known to occur in Indiana; an illustrative descriptive catalog of the Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana with bibliography and descriptions of new species. Indianapolis, Indiana: The Nature Publishing Company. pp. 1–1386.
  9. ↑ Webster, Reginald; Sweeney, Jon; DeMerchant, Ian (2012-04-04). "New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Stenotrachelidae, Oedemeridae, Meloidae, Myceteridae, Boridae, Pythidae, Pyrochroidae, Anthicidae, and Aderidae". ZooKeys (179): 279–307. Bibcode:2012ZooK..179..279W. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.179.2629 . PMID   22539898 . Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  10. ↑ Majka, Christopher G (2011). "The Anthicidae and Ischaliidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic canada" (PDF). Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society. 7: 50–64.

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