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Abacion tesselatum

Abacion tesselatum

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Status
Not Evaluated

IUCN conservation assessment category

Habitat
Various biomes

Primary ecological niche & biome

Diet
Omnivorous

Dietary type and primary food source

Activity
Diurnal

Diurnal, nocturnal, or active patterns

Scientific Summary

GBIF Taxonomic Backbone & Wikipedia Registry Profile

<div><p>Abacion tesselatum Rafinesque, 1820</p> <p>Abacion tesselatum Rafinesque, 1820, Annals of Nature, 1: 9. Type material not extant, from Platops rugulosa Newport, 1844, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 1, 13: 267. Male HT (BMNH) from an unspecified locality. Synonymized with tesselatum by Chamberlin & Hoffman (1958). Hoffman & Crabill, 1953, Florida Entomol., 36 (2): 81. Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1958, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 212: 110. Shelley, 1984, Can. J. Zool., 62: 982, figs 1–3. Hoffman, 1999, Checklist Millip. North & Middle Am.: 197. McAllister & Shelley, 2003, Proc. Oklahoma Acad. Sci., 83: 84.</p> <p>Lysiopetalum rugulosum: Gervais, 1847, Hist. Nat. Ins. Apt., 4: 132. Pocock, 1893, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 11: 248.</p> <p>Reasia spinosa Sager, 1856, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 8: 109. Type material not known to exist, from an unspecified locality, vicinity of Detroit, Michigan suggested as type locality by Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1958. Synonymy proposed by Wood (1865).</p> <p>Lysiopetalum lactarium: Packard, 1883, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., 21: 183. Packard, 1883, Am. Natur., 17: 555.</p> <p>Lysiopetalum eudasym McNeill, 1887, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. Wash., 10: 330. HT (USNM) from Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. Synonymized with lactarium by Williams & Hefner (1928); with tesselatum by Chamberlin & Hoffman (1958).</p> <p>Lisiopetalum [sic!] eudasum [sic!] McNeill, 1887, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. Wash., 10: 324.</p> <p>Lysiopetalum endasum: McNeill, 1888, Bull. Brookville Soc. Nat. Hist., 3: 9.</p> <p>Spirostrephon creolum Chamberlin, 1942, Bull. Univ. Utah, Biol. Ser., 6, 32 (8): 9, figs 24–25. Male HT (USNM) from Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA. Synonymized by Shelley (1984). Chamberlin, 1947, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 99, 21. Causey, 1953, Am. Midl. Nat., 50: 155.</p> <p>Abacion tesselatum creolum: Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1958, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 212: 110. Loomis, 1959, J. Wash. Acad. Sci., 49 (5): 161. Loomis, 1969, Florida Entomol., 52 (4): 245, fig. 1.</p> <p>Range: Southcentral United States, western Pennsylvania to Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas, southward to the Florida pan-</p> <p>handle and Louisiana, also central Appalachians eastward to Virginia (cf. Hoffman 1999).</p></div>
Biology & Conservation

Scientific field studies are ongoing to establish comprehensive biological records for this species, including precise wild population estimates, dietary distributions, typical lifespans, and specific daily activity patterns. Taxonomic details have been successfully categorized under the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) backbone index, and deeper environmental analysis is active to catalog its behavior and conservation profile within its native biomes.

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Quick Facts
Native RangeGlobal
Habitat RangeGlobal
Lifespan
StatusData Deficient
ScientificAbacion tesselatum
Registry Info
LifespanUnknown
KingdomAnimalia
FamilyAbacionidae