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Trachyscelis aphodioides

Classification

Trachyscelis [genus] (1)
aphodioides [species]

Classification

Trachyscelis [genus] (1)
aphodioides [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Sint Maarten
  • Presence status
  • Introduced (2) - Sint Eustatius
  • Introduced (2) - Sint Maarten
  • Natural distribution Europe
    Notes on presence status Accidently introduced, probably from the Mediterranean. Habitat: beach scavenger. Impact: neutral. (Peck, 2016)

    Publications

    • Colijn, E.O., Beentjes, K.K., Butôt, R., Miller, J.A., Smit, J.T., Winter, A.J. de, Hoorn, B. van der 2019. A catalogue of the Coleoptera of the Dutch Antilles. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 162: 67-186. [link]
    • Colijn, E. & Mekkes, J-J. 2021. Results of an entomological collecting trip to St. Eustatius (Coleoptera). Entomologische Berichten 81(5): 182-190.
    • Marcuzzi, G. 1977. Further studies on Caribbean Tenebrionid beetles. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 52: 1-71.
    • Marcuzzi, G. 1984. A catalogue of the tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera: Heteromera) of the West Indies. Folia Entomologica Hungarica 45: 69-108.
    • Marcuzzi, G., d'Aguilar, J. 1971. Catalogue raisoné des insectes des Antilles françaises. 3. Coleopteres: "Tenebrionidae". Annales de Zoologie Ecologie Animale 3: 79-96.
    • Peck, S.B. 2011. The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the northern Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, and St. Martin-St. Maarten. Insecta Mundi 159: 1-54.
    • Peck, S.B. 2016. The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions. Insecta Mundi 460: 1-360.