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Family Rhipiceridae - Cicada Parasite Beetles

What type of Beetles? - Sandalus niger - male - female

Rather Large Beetle For ID - Sandalus niger - male

Cicada Paraside Beetle - Sandalus niger - male

Beetle With Jaws - Sandalus niger - female

beetle -alternate view - Sandalus niger - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Dascilloidea (Soft-bodied Plant and Cicada Parasite Beetles)

Family Rhipiceridae (Cicada Parasite Beetles)

Other Common Names

Cedar Beetles

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sandalidae

Numbers

American Beetles (1) and Nearctica.com lists one genus, Sandalus, with five species.

White, p. 153, lists two genera and six species for North America. (2)

Family RHIPICERIDAE

Genus Sandalus Knoch 1801

Sandalus californicus LeConte 1861

Sandalus cribricollis Van Dyke 1923

Sandalus niger Knoch 1801

Sandalus petrophya Knoch 1801

Sandalus porosus LeConte 1868

Size

11-24 mm

Print References

American Beetles, Vol. 2, Chapter 39 (1)

White, pp. 153-154, fig. 60--Sandalus niger (2)

Internet References

Tree of Life

Beetles of Florida lists one genus, Sandalus, and two species for that state: Sandalus petrophya and S. porosus.

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists one species for that state, Sandalus niger, 47 pinned. (S. petrophya also listed, but with no specimens from that state.)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

2.	Peterson Field Guides: Beetles By Richard E. White

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 14 March, 2004 - 7:46pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 18 September, 2008 - 2:09pm

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