Xylita laevigata ( Hellenius, 1786 )

Johnston, M. Andrew, Warner, William B. & Pollock, Darren A., 2024, New Records and a Checklist of Melandryidae and Tetratomidae Known from Arizona, USA (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), The Coleopterists Bulletin 78 (1), pp. 53-60 : 57

Xylita laevigata ( Hellenius, 1786) ( Figs. 2G, H )

Serropalpus laevigatus Hellenius 1786: 318 .

Literature Records: None.

Digital Records: None.

Specimens Examined : “ ARIZONA: St. // Catalina Mts. // elev 9000 ft. // April 25 1970 || Under bark P[OnderOsa] Pine; K. Stephan leg.” (3 MAJC) .

Notes. New state record. Specimens were identified by DAP and match images and descriptions of the species in literature and online.This is a Holarctic species with the Arizona records being the lowest latitude at which the species has been recorded.

Figures

Fig. 2. Melandryidae spp., all scale bars = 1 mm. Scotochroa basalis: A) Dorsal habitus, B) Lateral habitus. Serropalpus substriatus: C) Dorsal habitus, D) Lateral habitus. Rushia californica: E) Dorsal habitus, F) Lateral habitus. Xylita laevigata: G) Dorsal habitus, H) Lateral habitus.