Telegeusis texensis

Telegeusis texensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Omethidae
Genus:	Telegeusis
Species:	T. texensis
Binomial name
	Telegeusis texensis; Fleenor & Taber, 2001

Last updated February 06, 2026

Telegeusis texensis, known generally as the "Texas long-lipped beetle", is a species of long-lipped beetles in the family Omethidae.^[1]^[2] It is found in North America.^[2]

References

↑ "Telegeusis texensis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
1 2 "Telegeusis texensis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-25.

Fleenor, Scott B., and Stephen W. Taber (2001). "A new long-lipped beetle from Texas and a review of the genus Telegeusis Horn (Coleoptera: Telegeusidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 55, no. 4, 481–484.

Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

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[bugref-1] "Telegeusis texensis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-25.

[itis-2] 1 2 "Telegeusis texensis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-25.

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Telegeusis texensis

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