Ant-like Leaf Beetles of Texas - Family Aderidae
Tribe Phytobaenini
![Axylophilus sp. EGR 1 - Axylophilus Axylophilus sp. EGR 1 - Axylophilus](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/MLV/ZGL/MLVZGLBZHLHRMHYH9HHR9HJHWHFHWHFH8LWZZLBH7H1HLLWZNHWZGLYH8L9ZXL4ZHLCH9HRR2H9ZHLPZ0LOHSLOHIH.jpg)
Axylophilus sp. - Range: southmost TX
![Aderid - Ganascus ptinoides - male Aderid - Ganascus ptinoides - male](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/OLK/ZAL/OLKZALSZ9LGRJZQRDZKR3Z6R3Z7RJZYLWLLZ3ZYLEL3LFZ3LNLKRZHQR6LJLNLIZVLERSHMZSHPRVL4RHH5ROLSZTL.jpg)
Ganascus ptinoides (Schwarz) - Range se US
![Ganascus ventricosus (LeConte) - Ganascus ventricosus Ganascus ventricosus (LeConte) - Ganascus ventricosus](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/ZZP/L3L/ZZPL3L2LXZCZER0H5RHHGRQH8RBL0ZRHGRVL0ZCLMZBL0ZZHIZLH6RDLERRH8RHH5RTLKZHH5RTZ8R0HIZZH6RBL8R.jpg)
Ganascus ventricosus (LeConte) - Range: e US
Tribe Euglenesini
![Emelinus melsheimeri (LeConte) - Emelinus melsheimeri - male Emelinus melsheimeri (LeConte) - Emelinus melsheimeri - male](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/RR6/HYH/RR6HYHEHTHIL2Z0L6ZZLNZIL9ZGLWZ4LVZEHYH9HUZ5LZR6HBHSL5Z5HTHGHEZRLEZHLEZ4HOHMHEZIHBHMH1HSLCH.jpg)
Emelinus melsheimeri (LeConte) - Range: e. US to AZ
![Aderid - Zonantes ater - male Aderid - Zonantes ater - male](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/PQ1/04Q/PQ104QA0BQ2K5KDK8KBKRKAK4K9KPQEK0K2K6Q6K6QD08QA06QUK4KF0XKOKKKV0GQV0NQCK4KLS1QLSAQTKNQCKSK.jpg)
Syzeton ater (LeConte) - Range: TX-KS-PA
![Beetle - Syzeton belovi Beetle - Syzeton belovi](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/1RY/K9R/1RYK9RFK3RX0Q0P0Q0E0K0P0K0W0YRP0R060ORU03RQQDR0QR0N0YQ703Q3KNRRQ9RLQNRHQ1RLQUR40JQLQVR40VRFK.jpg)
Syzeton belovi Gompel - Range: TX-OK, FL
Syzeton fasciatus (Melsheimer) - Range: e. N. Amer.
Syzeton hubbardi Casey - Range: e. US
![Zonantes nubifer (LeConte) - Zonantes nubifer Zonantes nubifer (LeConte) - Zonantes nubifer](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/GLU/ZML/GLUZMLNZQLJHGHRREH3HNHTHXHFHPH1ZUHCHHL6ZZLDHGH1H5HVHQLCH4HHR4LLRWHWZLLGZSL1HHL1HSL1HXHPZZL.jpg)
Syzeton nubifer (LeConte) - Range: se US
![Zonantes pallidus Werner - Zonantes pallidus Zonantes pallidus Werner - Zonantes pallidus](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/PHZ/RUH/PHZRUHHR7HBZLL2ZSL4ZKL2ZLL6ZKL1ZIL3H5LYH8LLR8HBHIH4ZIH4ZQL5Z0L4ZXLYHIH4ZHLUZHL1HEHHRUH9Z8L.jpg)
Syzeton pallidus Werner - Range: e. N. Amer.
![Beetle - Zonantes signatus Beetle - Zonantes signatus](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/5RQ/H2R/5RQH2R0HSRDLYL1L0ZOL7Z9L3LTZQRJZIRJZPRYZQRLH6RHH8RHHQZPLFLWLXRTZLZNLRZWLYL3ZMRKH8R0H4RCZHZ.jpg)
Syzeton signatus (Haldeman) - Range: se US
Syzeton subfasciatus (LeConte) - Range: e. US
Tribe Aderini
Subtribe Cnopina
Cnopus impressus (LeConte) - Range: e. US
Subtribe Aderina
![Ant-like Leaf Beetle - Aderus brunnipennis Ant-like Leaf Beetle - Aderus brunnipennis](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/UZG/LVZ/UZGLVZ8L5ZNHBH2HBHGHBHMHYH2H1Z8LLR8H4ZKL2Z4LUZ6HHR7L3HPH1H4HVHHL5ZRLGZHL6ZHLUZXLJHUHYHNHYH.jpg)
Aderus brunnipennis (LeConte) - Range: e. US
Aderus populneus (Creutzer in Panzer 1796) - Adventive from Europe, scattered N. Amer. records
![Vanonus balteatus? - Aderus tantillus Vanonus balteatus? - Aderus tantillus](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/QKP/KHK/QKPKHK2KGKA01QJ09QF0WQ10WQY05QEKQKEKGQ108QPKKKNK8K1K9QY0VQAKNQJ05QA08QO05QO01QO0SKC0LKC06QB0.jpg)
Aderus tantillus (Champion) - Range: c. TX to C. Amer.
Subtribe Syzetoninina
![Aderid - Ariotus luteolus - male Aderid - Ariotus luteolus - male](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/9Z4/L1Z/9Z4L1Z5L8ZWHAH4H1HPHJH6HHRGHCHUH3HML3H4LJH6HZRILBZ5LEZ5L9ZGL9ZXLAZ2HLRMLBZSLEZSL6ZIH1H5HAH.jpg)
Ariotus luteolus (Casey) - Range: e. US
Ariotus subtropicus Casey - Range: coastal se US to MD, uncommon outside of southmost TX
![Pseudariotus notatus (LeConte) - Pseudariotus notatus Pseudariotus notatus (LeConte) - Pseudariotus notatus](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/G0D/QM0/G0DQM0TQW0WRXQCR3KBRRQ3RKQJRU0CRP0K080BRM01RYKBRXQBR50TQ80FQ3K9RZQDQ20S020S0IQVRFKCR20Z0P0.jpg)
Pseudariotus notatus (LeConte) - Range: se US
![Elonus basalis (LeConte) - Elonus basalis Elonus basalis (LeConte) - Elonus basalis](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/ZHP/R0H/ZHPR0H2RCZXZELYLPLQZVLMZCL4RSHXRTZXRSHIZBLSZSHSZAL2RLHPRSH0Z1LERZH2R1LYLPLXRULSRHH4RVLQZ1L.jpg)
Elonus basalis (LeConte) - Range: e. N. Amer.
![Elonus chisosensis Werner - Elonus chisosensis Elonus chisosensis Werner - Elonus chisosensis](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/NZ8/LBZ/NZ8LBZGL4ZUHVHMHYHMHBH2HZRWHRRPHRR6HLR4LLRXL4ZSLBHSLBZSL5Z0L2ZZLAH0LTH4HAH0LBHMHVHMHPZQL1Z.jpg)
Elonus chisosensis Werner - Range: Trans-Pecos (Brewster Co.)
![Coleoptera - Elonus gruberi Coleoptera - Elonus gruberi](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/CZ7/RJZ/CZ7RJZIRZHZZALMZNL3LUL7ZOL6RSHXZLH0ZBLFLELZZELJLNLRZWLMZZHPRJZLZCZYLDZYLPLSRHH5RKHKZTL5RQH.jpg)
Elonus gruberi Gompel - Range: e. US, AZ
![918W19 - Elonus hesperus 918W19 - Elonus hesperus](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/G0D/QM0/G0DQM0TQW0WRXQARXQDRFKCRFKBRM0FQLQWR70TQLQ9RFKVRI01RZQYR90TRIQQ0IQH0N0TRN0S0G01R40UR403Q40.jpg)
Elonus hesperus Werner - Range: sc. US to AZ
![Elonus nebulosus? - Elonus nebulosus Elonus nebulosus? - Elonus nebulosus](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/RS9/QY0/RS9QY0WQT0IKUKHKAK4KOK7KOK5KVKXKDK7KVKIKHSIKAKRK10EQB04QD0RK9K5QNKKKPKRKC0SKCKGKVK9QY05QY0UQ.jpg)
Elonus nebulosus (LeConte) - Range: e. US
![Vanonus balteatus Werner - Vanonus balteatus Vanonus balteatus Werner - Vanonus balteatus](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/HL2/ZQL/HL2ZQLPZMLOH6HYH6H3HWHYHIH6Z7HAH4HTHGH1H4HGZXLWZUHZRWHLRUH1ZILJH9HYHUHFHILJHIL8ZZLBH7HAHSL.jpg)
Vanonus balteatus Werner - Range: Great Plains (e. KS to s. TX)
![Beetle - Vanonus piceus - female Beetle - Vanonus piceus - female](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/5K1/K7K/5K1K7KAKSKF0PQT06QRS9Q30AQRS8KBKXK2K7K6K6QT02QC0HKWKKK2KRKWKHK10GQ9KHKB0HKT02QB0EQZS9QY0AQD0.jpg)
Vanonus piceus (LeConte) - Range: e. US
Vanonus sagax Casey - Range: se US
Vanonus valgus Werner - Range: sc US
Subtribe Olotelina
![Gymnoganascus stephani Werner, 1990 - Gymnoganascus stephani - male Gymnoganascus stephani Werner, 1990 - Gymnoganascus stephani - male](https://bugguide.net/images/cache/5ZQ/L2Z/5ZQL2Z0LUZ4HYHIHVH8HAH5HOHIHCH9HUZXLVZ9H3HUHVZXLRR6HAZXL9ZEH1HSLAZ8LRR2HLR2HAZ7LGZHL4ZXHOH.jpg)
Gymnoganascus stephani Werner - Range: c. US / Mex. / Cuba
References
Chandler, D. 2002. 118. Aderidae Winkler 1927. Pp. 559-563. In:
Arnett, et al. (editors). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga:
Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
xiv + 861 pp.
Gompel, N. 2017. A review of North American Elonus species, with description of E. gruberi n. sp. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Aderidae). Zootaxa 4338(3): 533–545. - Link
Majka, C.G. 2011. The Aderidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime
Provinces of Canada. Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society 7(9):
65–69.
Stephan, K., F.G. Werner, T.L. Grzymala, R. Leschen. 2020. The Aderidae (Coleoptera) of Latimer County, Oklahoma, USA. The Coleopterists Bulletin 74(4): 786-790. - BioOne
Werner, F.G. 1990. Revision of the Aderidae (Coleoptera) of eastern
North America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 98(2):
187–232.
Werner, F.G. 1993(1992). The Nearctic species of Elonus (Coleoptera: Aderidae). Psyche 1999(4): 245-264.
Websites
An iconography of Aderidae species from North America and Western Europe - Gompel, N. 2010 - Link
Illustrated Beetle Inventory of the Sabal Palm Sanctuary (Cameron
Co., TX) - Edward G. Riley & Michael A. Quinn, January 2011 - Link
Illustrated Beetle Inventory of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas - Edward G. Riley, December 2011 - Link
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