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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Omethidae |
| Genus: | Telegeusis |
| Species: | T. texensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Telegeusis texensis Fleenor & Taber, 2001
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References
edit- ^ "Telegeusis texensis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ a b "Telegeusis texensis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- Fleenor, Scott B., and Stephen W. Taber (2001). "A new long-lipped beetle from Texas and a review of the genus Telegeusis Horn (Coleoptera: Telegeusidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 55, no. 4, 481–484.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- 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.