Artystona

Artystona is a genus of insects in the darkling beetle family Tenebrionidae.[1][2] Adults hide during the day in dead wood or under loose bark, and emerge at night to feed on epiphytic lichens.[3] They are unique among New Zealand tenebrionids for this behaviour.[4] There are six recognised species, which are endemic to New Zealand.

## Taxonomy

Artystona contains the following species:

* Artystona richmondiana[2] Watt, 1992[4][5]
* Artystona lata[2] Watt, 1992[4][6]
* Artystona obscura[2] Sharp, 1886[7][8]
* Artystona erichsoni[2] White, 1846[9][10]
* Artystona wakefieldi[2] Bates, 1874[1][11]
* Artystona rugiceps[2] Bates, 1874[1][12]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Descriptions of new genera and species of Heteromera, chiefly from New Zealand and New Caledonia, together with a revision of the genus Hypaulax and a description of an allied new genus from Colombia". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 (74): 102–114. February 1874. doi:10.1080/00222937408680820.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Lichen Darkling Beetle (Genus Artystona)" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/375636-Artystona.
3. ↑ "Notes on the natural history of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) in Canterbury". New Zealand Entomologist (Taylor & Francis Group) 4 (2): 47–49. 1969. doi:10.1080/00779962.1969.9722906. ISSN 0077-9962. Bibcode: 1969NZEnt...4...47W.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 ﻿Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue of types and keys to taxa﻿ (Report). Fauna of New Zealand. 26. Auckland, New Zealand: DSIR Plant Protection. 1992. ISBN 0477026397. ISSN 0111-5383.
5. ↑ "Artystona richmondiana Watt, 1992" (in en). Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research. https://biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz/scientific-names/c69648f2-dcf8-43d4-bb44-257cb21ef47f.
6. ↑ "Artystona lata Watt, 1992" (in en). Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research. https://biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz/scientific-names/0fde5045-c855-4b20-a9ab-8f68d6188c96.
7. ↑ "On New Zealand Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species". The Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 2: 351–454. 1886.
8. ↑ "Artystona obscura Sharp, 1886" (in en). Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research. https://biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz/scientific-names/c2a13c44-9848-4a6e-9ddb-468f774eb96f.
9. ↑ "Insects of New Zealand". The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, Under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., During the Years 1839 to 1843. 2. 1846.
10. ↑ "Artystona erichsoni White, 1846" (in en). Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research. https://biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz/scientific-names/e70fc680-0562-493e-9279-d3f647b453da.
11. ↑ "Artystona wakefieldi Bates, 1874" (in en). Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research. https://biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz/scientific-names/18889004-cd14-439e-aaab-843d8679697a.
12. ↑ "Artystona rugiceps Bates, 1874" (in en). Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research. https://biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz/scientific-names/332d1b5b-7589-4be0-9016-fecb746c8203.

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