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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Wedge-shaped Beetles (Ripiphoridae) » Macrosiagon » Macrosiagon dimidiata

Species Macrosiagon dimidiata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Wedge-shaped Beetle - Macrosiagon dimidiata - female Macrosiagon dimidiata - male - female Macrosiagon dimidiata - female Macrosiagon dimidiata - male Wedge-shaped Beetle 1 - Macrosiagon dimidiata wedge-shaped beetle - Macrosiagon dimidiata - female Orange plumed Wedge-shaped Beetle - Macrosiagon dimidiata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)
Family Ripiphoridae (Wedge-shaped Beetles)
Genus Macrosiagon
Species dimidiata (Macrosiagon dimidiata)
Explanation of Names
dimidiata = Lat. 'divided in half'
Size
7-10 mm (guide photos)
Identification
Robust. Black with broad yellow-orange band on elytra.
Range
Widespread in eastern and central North America: NY to IN to FL to OK(1)(2)(3)
Season
June-September (North Carolina)(4)
Food
Adults said to like to feed on Mountain-mint, Pycnanthemum spp.(1)
Larvae, like other members of the genus, are parasitoids of Hymenoptera.
Life Cycle
Females lay eggs on flowers, larvae hitch a ride from one of its hosts (Hymenoptera) and parasitize the brood.
Works Cited
1.How to Know the Beetles
By Ross H. Arnett, N. M. Downie, H. E. Jaques
2.A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida
3.Checklist of the Coleoptera of Oklahoma
4.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 8 March, 2005 - 1:41pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 21 December, 2009 - 6:01pm

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