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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » False Click Beetles (Eucnemidae) » Macraulacinae » Macraulacini » Dromaeolus » Dromaeolus badius

Species Dromaeolus badius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Another species of Eucnemidae - Dromaeolus badius larval exuviae deepen mystery - Dromaeolus badius Imago - Dromaeolus badius Imago - Dromaeolus badius Dromaeolus badius Eucnemidae - Dromaeolus badius Eucnemidae - Dromaeolus badius Eucnemidae - Dromaeolus badius
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Eucnemidae (False Click Beetles)
Subfamily Macraulacinae
Tribe Macraulacini
Genus Dromaeolus
Species badius (Dromaeolus badius)
Explanation of Names
Dromaeolus badius (Melsheimer 1845)
Size
5-8 mm(1)
Identification
can be easily distinguished from other US Dromaeolus spp. by its brown color (the others become black) [comments by Robert Otto and Jyrki Muona]
Range
Robert Otto says this eucnemid is uncommon throughout much of the eastern US.
Habitat
larvae tunnel usually with the grain but sometimes at an angle to the grain in aspen and probably other Populus species.
Food
Reported hosts: Carya, Liriodendron, Populus, Salix(1)
Thought to feed on externally digested mycelia of white-rot wood fungi. Larvae orally excrete digestive enzymes and suck in the juices. Adults are not known to feed.
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera species pages developed for the GSMNP project
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 28 April, 2007 - 8:57am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 21 February, 2020 - 9:49pm

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