Species Callotillus elegans

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

Callotillus elegans elegans (Erichson) - Callotillus elegans

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 Callotillus

Species elegans (Callotillus elegans)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tillus elegans (Erichson 1847)

Callotillus elegans vafer Wolcott, 1921

Numbers

2 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Size

~ 3 mm

Identification

Callotillus spp are the only tillines of NoAm with the elytral surface adorned with a pale transverse, blister-like, swollen fascia. (1)

Range

CA to TX / C. Amer. (Wolcott 1947)

See Also

Callotillus eburneocinctus Wolcott, endemic to southern Florida

Print References

Erichson, W.F. 1847. Conspectus Insectorum Coleopterorum quae in Republica Peruana observata sunt. Arch. Naturg., 13: 67-185.

Wolcott, A.B. 1921. North American predaceous beetles of the tribe Tillini in the United States National Museum. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 59: 269-289.

Wolcott, A.B. 1947. Catalogue of North American beetles of the family Cleridae. Fieldiana: Zoology, 32(2): 63–105. Full PDF

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.)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 20 August, 2009 - 8:07am

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