Zopherus nodulosus
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Zopherus nodulosus, is a species of ironclad beetle in the family Zopheridae.[1] It is found in Central America and North America.[2][3][4]
The species name nodulosus refers to the bumps or nodes on the beetle's back.[5][6]
Subspecies
Z. n. haldemani
Z. n. haldemani Horn, 1870, common names Haldeman's ironclad beetle[7] or Texas ironclad beetle,[6] is sometimes treated as a separate species.[1][8] 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.[9][10] 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.[11][12][6][8]
They are thought to feed on lichen and dead plant material.[6][10] Females have been observed laying eggs on American elms, and larvae and pupae have been found in pecan wood,[10][8] which "apparently serves as the developmental site for this species".[10] They are found in East and Central Texas.[13][8]
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.[14]
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Z. n. haldemani
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Z. n. nodulosus
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- ↑ A Review of the Genus Zopherus of the World (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) by Triplehorn, Charles
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