Ora texana Champion, 1897

Epler, J. H. & Gimmel, Matthew L., 2019, Notes on the Marsh Beetle Genus Ora Clark (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) in the Southeastern USA and Central America, The Coleopterists Bulletin 73 (3), pp. 521-527 : 526

Ora texana Champion, 1897

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JHE reared this species from larvae collected from water at the margin of a black gum swamp in northern Florida. Epler (2010) provided illustrations of the larval hypopharynx, mandible, labrum (all labral setae not shown), maxilla, base of the antenna, and lateral margin of the abdomen. Nyholm (1972) illustrated the aedaeagus.

This species is widespread and appears to be the most common species of the genus in the southeastern USA. It is known from Virginia to Texas. Some additional records are given below .

COSTA RICA: Puntarenas ( USNMNH) .

MEXICO: Chiapas; Oaxaca ( USNMNH) . USA: GEORGIA: Camden Co .; LOUISIANA: Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Martin, Saint Tammany, and West Baton Rouge parishes . TEXAS: Cameron Co. ( USNMNH) .

Figures

Figs. 5–15. Ora species, dorsal habitus. O. discoidea: 5) Male vittate form, Guatemala; 6) Male unmarked form, Mexico; 7) Male lightly marked form, Mexico. 8) O. depressa, Mexico; 9) O. hyacintha, Florida; 10) O. cf. marmorata, Texas; 11) O. texana, Florida. O. troberti: 12–14) Specimens from Florida; 15) Specimen from Texas. Figs. 9 and 11–15 from Epler (2010). Not to scale.