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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Orthopleurinae » Neorthopleura » Neorthopleura texana

Species Neorthopleura texana

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)
Subfamily Orthopleurinae
Genus Neorthopleura
Species texana (Neorthopleura texana)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Neorthopleura texana (Bland)
Orig. Comb: Orthopleura texana Bland 1863
Size
2.7–11.0 mm(1)
Identification
disc of pronotum light brown, pronotal fringes dark brown (1)

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2016

the following is not true (1)
antennomeres entirely dark in N. thoracica, funicular segments paler in N. texana
Range
AZ-FL / Mex. - Map (1)(2), most records n. to s. TX
Season
Apr-Sept (BG data)
Remarks
attracted to lights
See Also
Neorthopleura thoracica (Say) - pronotal disc is red and the lateral margins are narrowly black(1)
- Range: e. US
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2016
Internet References
Neorthopleura texana on iNaturalist.
Works Cited
1.Revision of the New World genus Neorthopleura Barr (Coleoptera: Cleridae)
Opitz W. 2013. Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (N.S.), 49: 1-35.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 August, 2008 - 8:38am
Additional contributions by v belov, roar, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 4 September, 2022 - 8:10pm

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