Species Eros humeralis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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 Lycidae (Net-winged Beetles)

Genus Eros

Species humeralis (Eros humeralis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eros humeralis Fabricius 1801 (Lycus)

Size

6-10 mm (1)

Identification

Quoting Blatchley's key and description (2):

Base of elytra and each side of thorax yellowish; transverse carina between the front and hind rows of cells strong, sinuate....

Resembles (Eros) thoracicus (=Dictyopterus thoracicus Randall 1838) in color, but distinguished by having six cells on thorax, the middle front one with sides indistinct but with a strong central carina ; hind middle cell narrow like a channel ; second joint of antennae more than half as long as third.

See, especially, photos below:

Range

Eastern North America

Season

Spring. Reported April-May in North Carolina (3), May-June in Indiana (2).

See Also

Dictyopterus thoracicus--a poorly-known species

Print References

Marshall, photo 317.6 (1)

Blatchley, p. 512 (key--link), p. 513 (link) (2)

Brimley, p. 153--notes from Raleigh, North Carolina, April-May (3)

Internet References

Beetles of Flordia--Lycidae--gives range

Works Cited

1.	Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America By Stephen A. Marshall

2.	An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. By Blatchley, W. S.

3.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 23 August, 2008 - 3:50pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 17 May, 2009 - 12:34pm

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