Genus Temnoscheila

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited

Bark-gnawing Beetle - Temnoscheila chlorodia

Temnoscheila virescens (Fabricius) - Temnoscheila virescens

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

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

Superfamily Cleroidea (Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles)

Family Trogossitidae (Bark-gnawing Beetles)

Subfamily Trogossitinae

Genus Temnoscheila

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Temnoscheila Westwood 1830

=Temnochila, Temnocheila

Explanation of Names

Greek temno (τεμνειν) 'cut' + cheilus 'lip'(1) (refers to notched labium)

Numbers

10 spp. in our area(2)

Size

6-20 mm (3)

Identification

pronotum with lateral margins angularly deflexed behind, labium at apex deeply triangularly emarginate, submentum of male with median pit(2)

Range

across the US (most spp. in the south)(2); one sp. ranges into w. Canada(4)

Remarks

can inflict a painful bite if handled carelessly (3)

See Also

Tenebroides

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

3.	Peterson Field Guides: Beetles By Richard E. White

4.	Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska, by Y. Bousquet (Ed.), 1991

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 25 March, 2005 - 1:55pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 22 May, 2011 - 12:46am

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