Hemipeplus chaos explained

Hemipeplus chaos is a species of beetle in the family Mycteridae.^{[1] [2]} It is found in Central America and North America.^[2] It is frequently found sheltered between blades of unopened Sabal palmetto fronds, although it is not known to cause any feeding damage to the plant.^[3]

This species was described in 1985 by entomologist Michael C. Thomas, who determined that samples of this species previously collected by earlier entomologists had been misidentified as females of a related species, Hemipeplus marginipennis.^[3] He gave it the specific epithet chaos, stating that it "is derived from the Greek word meaning 'utter disorder and confusion,' and refers to the taxonomic confusion among these species."^[3]

References

• Pollock, Darren A. (1999). "Review of the New World Hemipeplinae (Coleoptera: Mycteridae) with descriptions of ten new species". Entomologica Scandinavica, vol. 30, no. 1, 47–73.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hemipeplus chaos Species Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-01-29.
2. Web site: Hemipeplus chaos Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-01-29.
3. Thomas . Michael C. . The species of Hemipeplus Latreille (Coleoptera: Mycteridae) in Florida, with a taxonomic history of the genus . The Coleopterists Bulletin . 1985 . 39 . 4 . 365–375 . 4008445 .