Zopherus nodulosus

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| genus = Zopherus

| species = nodulosus

| authority = Solier, 1841

| subdivision = Zopherus nodulosus haldemani, Zopherus nodulosus nodulosus{{cite web | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1045253 | title=Zopherus nodulosus Solier, 1841 }}

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Zopherus nodulosus, is a species of ironclad beetle in the family Zopheridae.{{Cite web |title=Zopherus nodulosus Solier, 1841 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1045253 |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}} It is found in Central America and North America.

The species name nodulosus refers to the bumps or nodes on the beetle's back.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-11 |title=Texas Ironclad Beetle |url=https://uwm.edu/field-station/texas-ironclad-beetle/ |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=Field Station |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=One Tough Coleoptera |url=http://www.arrantsoutdoors.com/blog/2015/7/20/one-tough-coleoptera |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=Arrants Outdoors, LLC |date=20 July 2015 |language=en-US}}

Subspecies

File:Zopherus nodulosus haldemani variation sjh.jpg

= ''Z. n. haldemani'' =

Z. n. haldemani Horn, 1870, common names Haldeman's ironclad beetle{{Cite web |last=Society |first=National Geographic |title=Four Haldeman'S Iron Clad Beetles |url=http://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/photo-ark/animal/zopherus-nodulosus/ |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=National Geographic Society |language=en}} or Texas ironclad beetle, is sometimes treated as a separate species.{{Cite web |title=Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus haldemani) |url=http://texasento.net/Ironclad.html |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=texasento.net}} It can grow between 1.5 and 2 centimetres in length. The body is a blotchy black-and-white pattern, and the legs are fully black.{{Cite web |title=Ironclad beetle |url=https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/648890154 |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=Project Noah}}{{Cite web |title="Ironclad" Beetle |url=https://texasinsects.tamu.edu/coleoptera/ironclad-beetle/ |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=texasinsects.tamu.edu}} The subspecies name, haldemani, references the Haldeman brothers (Samuel Haldeman and Horace Haldeman), the former a naturalist and philologist, the latter a soldier and one of the first people to concentrate on insect collection in Texas.{{Cite web |title=TSHA {{!}} Haldeman, Horace |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/haldeman-horace |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=www.tshaonline.org}}{{Cite web |title=Samuel Steman Haldeman |url=https://haldeman-mansion.org/samuel-steman-haldeman |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=Home |language=en-US}}

They are thought to feed on lichen and dead plant material. Females have been observed laying eggs on American elms, and larvae and pupae have been found in pecan wood, which "apparently serves as the developmental site for this species". They are found in East and Central Texas.{{Cite web |title=Bug o'the Week - Texas Ironclad Beetle - Riveredge Nature Center |url=https://www.riveredgenaturecenter.org/bug-othe-week-texas-ironclad-beetle/ |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=www.riveredgenaturecenter.org}}

= ''Z. n. nodulosus'' =

Z. n. nodulosus can grow between 1.4 and 2.8 centimetres in length, and 0.5 to 1.1 cm in width.[https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5402/SCtZ-0108-Lo_res.pdf A Review of the Genus Zopherus of the World (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)] by Triplehorn, Charles

File:Texas Ironclad Beetle (Zopheridae, Zopherus nodulosus haldemani) (26469861181).jpg|alt=|Z. n. haldemani

File:Zopherus nodulosus nodulosus sjh.jpg|alt=|Z. n. nodulosus