Genus Calleida

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Beetles - Calleida punctata - male - female

Calleida decora (Fabricius) - Calleida decora

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga (Ground and Water Beetles)

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Harpalinae

Tribe Lebiini

Genus Calleida

Explanation of Names

Authors of genus are Latreille and Dejean, 1824.

Numbers

14 species in North America (nearctica.com)

3 species in Canada (CBIF)

Size

7-10 mm

Identification

head black, pronotum yellow or orange, elytra dark green to black; head and pronotum narrower than body; "knee joint" blackish, remainder of femur and tibia light yellowish or orange on all legs

Range

coast to coast in United States and southern Canada (except NB NS); also occurs south at least to Costa Rica, and in Eurasia from western Europe to Japan

Print References

Ciegler, p. 126, gives a key to the five South Carolina species. (1)

That key is adapted from Horn, Synopsis of the species of the tribe Lebiini. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (1882) 10:126-183.

Internet References

live adult image of Calleida decora (U. of Florida)

live larva image of Calleida decora (U. of Florida)

live pupa image of Calleida decora (U. of Florida)

Works Cited

1.	Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles of South Carolina By Janet Ciegler

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 25 February, 2005 - 9:21pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 25 April, 2007 - 9:32am

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