Species Pelonium maculicolle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Spot-necked RGV Clerid - Pelonium maculicolle

Pelonium maculicolle Schaeffer - Pelonium maculicolle

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 Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)

Genus Pelonium

Species maculicolle (Pelonium maculicolle)

Other Common Names

Spot-necked Tamaulipan Clerid

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Described in 1904 by Charles Frederick August Schaeffer (1860-1934) from the Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas area.

Explanation of Names

maculicolle means spot-necked (1)

Numbers

4 spp. n. of Mex. (2)

Size

Length: 7-11 mm (Schaeffer 1904)

Identification

Pelonium maculicolle Schaeffer

Det. E. G. Riley, 2009

Cleridae: Enopliinae

Range

South Texas / Veracruz, Mex (Barr 2005)

Remarks

I have taken a considerable number of this species, which is in my experience the most common Clerid in this region. It occurred mostly on [Texas Ebony - Ebenopsis ebano] and is a very slow insect. (Schaeffer 1904)

Print References

Barr, W.F. 2005. New species and new distributional records for Mexican Pelonium (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Enopliinae). Folia entomol. Mexicana 44(Supl. 1): 55-62. Full text

Schaeffer, C. 1904. New genera and species of Coleoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 12(4): 197–236. Full Text

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.)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 11 March, 2009 - 9:16pm
Last updated 16 March, 2009 - 5:03pm

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