Biology:Zopherus nodulosus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Zopherus nodulosus
Zopherus nodulosus (9170183893).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Zopheridae
Subfamily: Zopherinae
Genus: Zopherus
Species:
Z. nodulosus
Binomial name
Zopherus nodulosus
Solier, 1841
Subspecies

Zopherus nodulosus haldemani, Zopherus nodulosus nodulosus [1]

Zopherus nodulosus, is a species of ironclad beetle in the family Zopheridae.[2] It is found in Central America and North America.[3][4][5]

The species name nodulosus refers to the bumps or nodes on the beetle's back.[6][7]

Subspecies

Zopherus nodulosus haldemani pattern variation

Z. n. haldemani

Z. n. haldemani Horn, 1870, common names Haldeman's ironclad beetle[8] or Texas ironclad Beetle,[7] is sometimes treated as a separate species.[2][9] It can grow between 1.5 and 2 centimetres in length. The body is a blotchy black-and-white pattern, and the legs are fully black.[10][11] The subspecies name, haldemani, references the Haldeman brothers (Samuel Haldeman and Horace Haldeman), the former a naturalist and philologist, the latter a soldier and one of the first people to concentrate on insect collection in Texas.[12][13][7][9]

They are thought to feed on lichen and dead plant material.[7][11] Females have been observed laying eggs on American elms, and larvae and pupae have been found in pecan wood,[11][9] which "apparently serves as the developmental site for this species".[11] They are found in East and Central Texas.[14][9]

Z. n. nodulosus

Z. n. nodulosus can grow between 1.4 and 2.8 centimetres in length, and 0.5 to 1.1 cm in width.[15]

  • Z. n. haldemani

  • Z. n. nodulosus

References

  1. ↑ "Zopherus nodulosus Solier, 1841". https://www.gbif.org/species/1045253. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Zopherus nodulosus Solier, 1841" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/1045253. 
  3. ↑ "Zopherus nodulosus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=706352. 
  4. ↑ "Zopherus nodulosus". https://www.gbif.org/species/1045253. 
  5. ↑ "Zopherus nodulosus species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/54852. 
  6. ↑ "Texas Ironclad Beetle" (in en-US). 2020-03-11. https://uwm.edu/field-station/texas-ironclad-beetle/. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "One Tough Coleoptera" (in en-US). http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2015/7/20/one-tough-coleoptera. 
  8. ↑ Society, National Geographic. "Four Haldeman'S Iron Clad Beetles" (in en). http://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/photo-ark/animal/zopherus-nodulosus/. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus haldemani)". http://texasento.net/Ironclad.html. 
  10. ↑ "Ironclad beetle". https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/648890154. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 ""Ironclad" Beetle". https://texasinsects.tamu.edu/coleoptera/ironclad-beetle/. 
  12. ↑ "TSHA | Haldeman, Horace". https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/haldeman-horace. 
  13. ↑ "Samuel Steman Haldeman" (in en-US). https://haldeman-mansion.org/samuel-steman-haldeman. 
  14. ↑ "Bug o'the Week - Texas Ironclad Beetle - Riveredge Nature Center". https://www.riveredgenaturecenter.org/bug-othe-week-texas-ironclad-beetle/. 
  15. ↑ A Review of the Genus Zopherus of the World (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) by Triplehorn, Charles

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