← Back

Asbolus laevis

Asbolus laevis

Classification

Class
Insecta

Asbolus laevis is a species of darkling beetle native to southwestern United States (southern California, Arizona and northwestern Mexico, where it inhabits dry, sandy habitats such as the Sonoran Desert. Description Compared to other species in the genus, Asbolus laevis was originally differentiated in LeConte, 1851 from Asbolus verrucosus by being generally smaller and [translated from Latin] overall "smooth, black, glossy, sparingly finely dotted, and the elytra with dots towards the margins studded with short rough points". (p.

Distribution

(c) fern Wildtruth, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 41Mexico · 19