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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles (Elateroidea) » Net-winged Beetles (Lycidae) » Caenia » Caenia dimidiata

Species Caenia dimidiata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Caenia
Species dimidiata (Caenia dimidiata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Caeniella dimidiata
Size
10 mm
Identification
Similar to Calopteron terminale, but has comb-like antennae, and scutellum is black (1).
Range
Includes eastern United States
Season
Late spring and late summer (absent in mid-summer?). May-June, August-September (North Carolina, Piedmont, Sandhills, Mountains)
See Also
Calopteron terminale
Print References
Arnett et al. p. 212--description, Caeniella dimidiata (1)
Brimley, p. 153--Caeniella dimidiata (2)
Internet References
North Carolina State University Entomology--39 pinned
Insects of Cedar Creek--photo of specimen
Works Cited
1.How to Know the Beetles
By Ross H. Arnett, N. M. Downie, H. E. Jaques
2.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by tom murray on 25 June, 2005 - 9:55am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 30 December, 2008 - 8:15pm

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