Biology:Graphops comosa
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Graphops comosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Graphops |
| Species: | G. comosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Graphops comosa Blake, 1955[1]
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Graphops comosa, known generally as the Monahans sandhill chrysomelid or long-haired graphops, is a species of leaf beetle.[2][3][4][5] It is found in southeast New Mexico and the adjacent region of Texas .[5]
Adult beetles of G. comosa have the heaviest pubescence of any in the genus. Their coarse white hairs entirely conceal the punctuation on the elytra, giving the beetles a grayish appearance similar to that of Glyptoscelis species. The specific name, comosa, is Latin for "with long hair".[5]
References
- ↑ Blake, D. H. (1955). "A study of LeConte's species of the chrysomelid genus Graphops with descriptions of some new species". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113 (4): 263–301. https://archive.org/details/bulletinofmuseum113harv.
- ↑ "Graphops comosa Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=720859.
- ↑ "Graphops comosa species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/9abd5f7f518049330b329608c5343eb2.
- ↑ "Graphops comosa". https://www.gbif.org/species/1047830.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Graphops comosa Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/253417.
Further reading
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
Wikidata ☰ Q14933404 entry
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