Androchirus erythropus

(Kirby, 1837)

Androchirus erythropus is a of darkling beetle in the Tenebrionidae, first described by Kirby in 1837. It is distributed across eastern Canada, with records from Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec. The species is part of the diverse Tenebrionidae family, which contains numerous species adapted to various terrestrial . Based on iNaturalist data, it has been observed 375 times, indicating it is not uncommon within its range.

Comb-clawed Beetle - Flickr - treegrow by Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. Used under a CC BY 2.0 license.Androchirus erythropus (10.3897-zookeys.728.20602) Figure 32 by Bousquet Y, Thomas DB, Bouchard P, Smith AD, Aalbu RL, Johnston AM, Steiner WE Jr (2018) Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America. ZooKeys 728: 1-455. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Androchirus erythropus: /ˌændroʊˈkaɪrəs əˌrɪθrəˈpʌs/

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Distribution

Eastern Canada: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec.

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