Rushia californica ( Fall, 1907 )

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 : 56

Rushia californica ( Fall, 1907)

( Figs. 2E, F )

Carebara californica Fall 1907: 254 .

Literature Records: A dubious state record was listed by Leng (1920: 239).

Digital Records: Six records from Pima and Cochise counties and a genus-only record for Coconino County ( GBIF 2023).

Specimens Examined : “ USA, AZ, Coconino Co., // 1.5mi S. Hwy 40 & 3.8 mi // W. Flagstaff (off FSR 151) // 35.1795, -111.7553; 17- // 19.vii.2007; D&G POllOck” (2 MAJC) ; “ Rustlers Park // Chiricahua Mts. // Cochise Co. Ariz. // 8500 ft. VI­25­65 || COllectOrs: // J. H. DavidsOn // J. M. DavidsOn // M. A. Cazier ” (1 ASUHIC) ; “ USA: AZ: Cochise Co. // Huachuca Mts. ; 0.8 rd. // mi. SW Reef; 31.4238 // ­110.2991; July 15­24 // 2018; VFlight intercept //trap; W.B. Warner ” (2 ASUHIC) .

Notes. Specimens were identified using Fall (1907) and Pollock (2015). Most digitized collection records were identified by DAP. The species Rushia brevicollis ( Fall, 1907) , described from New Mexico, may be a synonym, but the type has not been examined by us.

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.