Texas Beetle Resources

Return to Texas Entomology - Compiled by Mike Quinn

Ant-like Leaf Beetles of Texas - Family Aderidae

Tribe Phytobaenini

Axylophilus sp. - Range: southmost TX

Ganascus ptinoides (Schwarz) - Range se US

Ganascus ventricosus (LeConte) - Range: e US

Tribe Euglenesini

Emelinus melsheimeri (LeConte) - Emelinus melsheimeri - male

Ant-like Leaf Beetle - Emelinus melsheimeri - male

Emelinus melsheimeri (LeConte) - Range: e. US to AZ

Syzeton ater (LeConte) - Range: TX-KS-PA

Syzeton belovi Gompel - Range: TX-OK, FL

Syzeton fasciatus (Melsheimer) - Range: e. N. Amer.

Zonantes hubbardi Casey - Zonantes hubbardi

Syzeton hubbardi Casey - Range: e. US

Syzeton nubifer (LeConte) - Range: se US

Zonantes pallidus Werner - Zonantes pallidus

Syzeton pallidus Werner - Range: e. N. Amer.

Syzeton signatus (Haldeman) - Range: se US

Syzeton subfasciatus (LeConte) - Range: e. US

Tribe Aderini

Subtribe Cnopina

Cnopus impressus (LeConte) - Range: e. US

Subtribe Aderina

Aderus brunnipennis (LeConte) - Range: e. US

Aderus populneus (Creutzer in Panzer 1796) - Adventive from Europe, scattered N. Amer. records

Aderus tantillus (Champion) - Aderus tantillus

Aderus tantillus (Champion) - Range: c. TX to C. Amer.

Subtribe Syzetoninina

Ariotus luteolus (Casey) - Range: e. US

Ariotus subtropicus Casey - Ariotus subtropicus

Ariotus subtropicus Casey - Range: coastal se US to MD, uncommon outside of southmost TX

Pseudariotus notatus (LeConte) - Pseudariotus notatus

Pseudariotus notatus (LeConte) - Range: se US

Elonus basalis (LeConte) - Range: e. N. Amer.

Elonus chisosensis Werner - Elonus chisosensis

Elonus chisosensis Werner - Range: Trans-Pecos (Brewster Co.)

Elonus gruberi Gompel - Range: e. US, AZ

Elonus hesperus Werner - Range: sc. US to AZ

Elonus nebulosus (LeConte) - Range: e. US

Vanonus balteatus Werner - Vanonus balteatus

Vanonus balteatus Werner - Range: Great Plains (e. KS to s. TX)

    Vanonus piceus (LeConte) - Range: e. US

    Vanonus sagax Casey - Range: se US

    Vanonus valgus Werner - Range: sc US

Subtribe Olotelina

Gymnoganascus stephani Werner, 1990 - Gymnoganascus stephani - male

Gymnoganascus stephani Werner - Range: c. US / Mex. / Cuba

References

Chandler, D. 2002. 118. Aderidae Winkler 1927. Pp. 559-563. In: Arnett, et al. (editors). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. xiv + 861 pp.

Gompel, N. 2017. A review of North American Elonus species, with description of E. gruberi n. sp. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Aderidae). Zootaxa 4338(3): 533–545. - Link

Majka, C.G. 2011. The Aderidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada. Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society 7(9): 65–69.

Stephan, K., F.G. Werner, T.L. Grzymala, R. Leschen. 2020. The Aderidae (Coleoptera) of Latimer County, Oklahoma, USA. The Coleopterists Bulletin 74(4): 786-790. - BioOne

Werner, F.G. 1990. Revision of the Aderidae (Coleoptera) of eastern North America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 98(2): 187–232.

Werner, F.G. 1993(1992). The Nearctic species of Elonus (Coleoptera: Aderidae). Psyche 1999(4): 245-264.

Websites

An iconography of Aderidae species from North America and Western Europe - Gompel, N. 2010 - Link

Illustrated Beetle Inventory of the Sabal Palm Sanctuary (Cameron Co., TX) - Edward G. Riley & Michael A. Quinn, January 2011 - Link

Illustrated Beetle Inventory of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas - Edward G. Riley, December 2011 - Link