Hemipeplus chaos is a species of beetle in the family Mycteridae.[1][2] It is found in Central America and North America.[2] It is frequently found sheltered between blades of unopened Sabal palmetto fronds, although it is not known to cause any feeding damage to the plant.[3]
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This species was described in 1985 by entomologist Michael C. Thomas, who determined that samples of this species previously collected by earlier entomologists had been misidentified as females of a related species, Hemipeplus marginipennis.[3] He gave it the specific epithet chaos, stating that it "is derived from the Greek word meaning 'utter disorder and confusion,' and refers to the taxonomic confusion among these species."[3]
References
edit- ^ "Hemipeplus chaos Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Hemipeplus chaos Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ a b c Thomas, Michael C. (1985). "The species of Hemipeplus Latreille (Coleoptera: Mycteridae) in Florida, with a taxonomic history of the genus". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 39 (4): 365–375. JSTOR 4008445.
- Pollock, Darren A. (1999). "Review of the New World Hemipeplinae (Coleoptera: Mycteridae) with descriptions of ten new species". Entomologica Scandinavica, vol. 30, no. 1, 47–73.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- 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.