Achanius ( Ambigatus ) Fairmaire, 1892

Flores, Gustavo E. & Aballay, Fernando H., 2015, Two Evaniosomini Species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Associated with Decaying Carcasses in Argentina, with Remarks on the Tribal Assignment of Achanius Erichson, The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 14) 69, pp. 167-179 : 174

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4911733
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scientific name	Achanius ( Ambigatus ) Fairmaire, 1892
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Subgenus Achanius ( Ambigatus) Fairmaire, 1892

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Ambigatus Fairmaire 1892: 246 . Gebien 1910: 81 (catalog), 1937: 579 (catalog); Bruch 1915: 264 (catalog); Blackwelder 1945: 511 (catalog); Doyen 1994: 500.

Type species: Ambigatus stricticollis Fairmaire, 1892 .

Achanius ( Ambigatus) : Kulzer 1950: 31 (revision), 1956: 901 (revision).

Diagnosis. Kulzer ( 1950 in key) stated the humeri are not elevated and hind wings are present. This study: metasternum 3X length of mesosternum; metacoxal width 3X metacoxal length; distance between meso– and metacoxae 2.5X metacoxal length ( Fig. 20 View Figs ).

Biology. Species of Achanius ( Ambigatus) are winged, capable of flying, and of crepuscular and nocturnal habits. They were collected at white and UV lights, also using pitfall traps partly filled with water and propylene glycol ( Flores et al. 2004; Lagos 2004), and cattle dung-baited pitfall traps.

Species Included. Achanius rufonitens , A. stricticollis , A. bicolor , A. rhinosomoides , A. piceus , A. wittmeri ( Kulzer 1950, 1956), and Achanius ( Ambigatus) antofagastensis Flores and Aballay, new species.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Tenebrionidae
Tribe	Evaniosomini
Genus	Achanius