Passalus punctiger
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| image = Passalidae - Passalus punctiger.jpg
| image_caption = Passalus punctiger. Mounted specimen on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
| genus = Passalus
| species = punctiger
| authority = Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825
| synonyms =
- Neleus acarinatus Kuwert, 1898
- Neleus aequatoris Kuwert, 1898
- Neleus altidens Kuwert, 1898
- Neleus approximatidentatus Kuwert, 1898
- Neleus arcuatotaeniatus Kuwert, 1898
- Neleus argentinus Kuwert, 1898
- Neleus arrogans Kuwert, 1898
- Neleus boliviensis Kuwert, 1898
- Neleus carinaefrons Kuwert, 1898
- Neleus chilensis Kuwert, 1891
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Passalus punctiger is a beetle of the family Passalidae.Hallan, J. (2010) [https://web.archive.org/web/20141230221703/http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World]
Description
Passalus punctiger can reach a length of about {{convert|34|mm}}. Body is flattened and completely black, with yellowish hairs on elytral shoulders and anterior sides. Elytra show deep grooves and a strong punctation. Antennae have long lamellae.[http://www.faunaparaguay.com/passalus_punctiger.html Fauna of Paraguay]
Distribution and habitat
This species occurs in Arizona, Mexico and in Central and Southern America up to Paraguay and Argentina. It also is present on the Galapagos Islands. It can be found in humid forest areas at an elevation of {{convert|0|-|1500|m}} above sea level.[http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Passalus+punctiger Discover Life]Jack Schuster [https://books.google.com/books?id=i9ITMiiohVQC&dq=Passalus+punctiger&pg=PA472 Bess Beetles in Encyclopedia of Entomology]
Life cycle
These beetles live under and inside rotten logs. Females lay eggs are in tunnels into the wood. This species has one brood or generation per year (univoltine).José R.C. Mouzinhoa, Claudio R.V. da Fonsecaa & Márcio L.L. Barbosaa [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930903384758#.VLYsbKKBHIU The influence of flood pulses on the reproductive strategy of two species of passalid beetle in the fluvial archipelago of Anavilhanas, Amazon, Brazil] Journal of Natural History Volume 44, Issue 9-10, 2010
Gallery
File:Passalus punctiger.jpg|Passalus punctiger
File:Passalus punctiger variation sjh.jpg| Adult variation
References
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Category:Beetles of North America
Category:Beetles of South America
Category:Arthropods of Colombia
Category:Insects of the United States
Category:Fauna of the Southwestern United States
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