Species Trypherus latipennis

Classification · Identification

Backyard halfwing - Trypherus latipennis - male - female

Small soldier beetle - Trypherus latipennis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Elateroidea (Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles)

Family Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)

Subfamily Chauliognathinae

Genus Trypherus

Species latipennis (Trypherus latipennis)

Identification

For your area (Illinois) Trypherus sp. is easy. Downie and Arnett list only one, Trypherus latipennis (Germar). Suggest you can move the record(s) from Maryland also. … Tim R. Moyer, 25 June, 2007

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 25 June, 2007 - 3:38pm

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