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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Dendrometrinae » Dendrometrini » Dendrometrina » Limonius » Limonius basilaris

Species Limonius basilaris

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · See Also · 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 Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Elateridae (Click Beetles)
Subfamily Dendrometrinae
Tribe Dendrometrini
Subtribe Dendrometrina
Genus Limonius
Species basilaris (Limonius basilaris)
Explanation of Names
Limonius basilaris (Say 1823)
Identification
Black on top except for yellow or brown hind angles of pronotum, legs and first antenomere

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2012
Range
e. NA (QC-ON-ID to FL-TX) - Map (1)(2)(3)
See Also
Often found with L. quercinus which has an all-black pronotum and longer antennomeres 2+3
Works Cited
1.Revision of the North American species of Limonius (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
Al Dhafer H.M. 2005. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 135: 209-352.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by tom murray on 5 February, 2009 - 3:38pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 4 November, 2023 - 4:06pm

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