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The Brachypsectridae are a family of beetles commonly known as the Texas beetles. [1] There are only two extant genera, Brachypsectra and Asiopsectra.Brachypsectra has a cosmopolitan distribution, mostly in arid regions, [2] [3] while Asiopsectra is found in Central Asia and the Middle East.
The male beetle is smaller than the female and is much the same width for most of its length whereas the female is broadest in the posterior third of its length. [1] The larva is pale coloured, up to fifteen millimetres long, flattened and broadly ovate. The head is dark and much narrower than the prothorax. The antennae and legs are well ...
Telegeusis texensis, known generally as the "Texas long-lipped beetle", is a species of long-lipped beetles in the family Omethidae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is found in North America. [ 2 ]
Cotinis nitida, commonly known as the green June beetle, June bug or June beetle, [1] is a beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the eastern United States and Canada, where it is most abundant in the South. It is sometimes confused with the related southwestern species figeater beetle Cotinis mutabilis, which is less destructive.
Common tuft bearing longhorn beetle (Aristobia approximator) Acrocinus longimanus – harlequin beetle, a large species where the male has very long front legs; Anoplophora chinensis – citrus longhorn beetle, a major pest; Anoplophora glabripennis – Asian longhorn beetle, an invasive pest species; Aridaeus thoracicus – tiger longicorn ...
Heterelmis comalensis is a rare species of beetle known by the common name Comal Springs riffle beetle. It is endemic to Texas [ 1 ] in the United States, where it occurs in only two springs . It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.
This list of reptiles of Texas includes the snakes, lizards, crocodilians, and turtles native to the U.S. state of Texas.. Texas has a large range of habitats, from swamps, coastal marshes and pine forests in the east, rocky hills and limestone karst in the center, desert in the south and west, mountains in the far west, and grassland prairie in the north.
Amblycheila hoversoni, also known as the South Texas giant tiger beetle, is a flightless and nocturnal tiger beetle species found in south and west-central Texas, United States. First described in 1990, it is the largest tiger beetle species in the Western Hemisphere .