F. G. Werner.
Emelinus melsheimeri (Lec.) in Arizona Coleoptera: Aderidae).
Psyche 66:36-37, 1959.

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3 6 Psyche [September
Parsons (loc. cit.) states that this species has been collected on Yucca elata. Saguaro (Cereus giganteus) is certainly the principal host plant in the Tucson area. We have never taken the species in other blossoms. C. pallipen~nis frequents saguaro blossoms only in small numbers.
EMELINUS MELSHEIMERI (LEC.) IN ARIZONA
(COLEOPTERA: ADERIDAE). -This species has not been recorded from west of Illinois and would be expected to occur only in the mesophytic ~ortions of the Northeast and Midwest. Leng's record from Florida may refer to a misdetermined E. ashmeadi. A
single male, collected at light by Anthony Ross, of the Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, in Pinery Canyon, W. slope Chiricahua Mts., July I I, 1958, agrees perfectly with the male from Illinois mentioned previously (Werner, 1956, Psyche 63 : 32). This brings the total of described species known from Arizona to three. A small portion of the fauna of the Chiricahua Mts. appears to have been derived from that of the Midwest or at least from the same source. J. W. Green has recently identified a specimen of the lycid Caenia dimidiata (Fab.) from Pinery Canyon, July 9, 1955, Butler and Werner collectors. He expressed some surprise at its occurrence there, since it was previously known from only as far west as Arkan- sas. - F. G. WERNER, University of Arizona. Pu&e S6:36 11959). htlp:ffpsyclK.nilcliib.ora/66<66.036 hlml



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