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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Soft-bodied Plant and Cicada Parasite Beetles (Dascilloidea) » Cicada Parasite Beetles (Rhipiceridae) » Sandalus

Genus Sandalus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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

What type of Beetles? - Sandalus niger - female

Rather Large Beetle For ID - Sandalus niger - female

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)

Genus Sandalus

Explanation of Names

Author of genus is Knoch, 1801.

Numbers

Five species:

Sandalus californicus LeConte 1861 - California

Sandalus cribricollis Van Dyke 1923 - Southwestern US

Sandalus niger Knoch 1801 - Canada, Eastern US south to at least South Carolina (not recorded from Florida)

Sandalus petrophya Knoch 1801 - Eastern US (including Florida)

Sandalus porosus LeConte 1868 - Florida to Texas

Size

12-24 mm, 21-24 mm (S. niger)

Identification

Females of S. niger are black, males of this species are red or black.

Range

Sandalus niger is found in eastern United States.

Season

Late summer to early fall. October-December (S. niger, North Carolina).

Print References

White, p. 154, fig. 60--Sandalus niger (1)

Arnett et al. pp. 186-187, fig. 453--Sandalus niger (2)

Brimley, p. 164, lists S. niger for North Carolina, describes females as black, males as red or black. (3)

Salsbury, p. 188, photo of male Sandalus niger (4)

Internet References

Beetles of Florida lists 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.)

Checklist of the Beetles of Canada and Alaska lists S. niger from Ontario.

Works Cited

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

2.	How to Know the Beetles By Ross H. Arnett, N. M. Downie, H. E. Jaques

3.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

4.	Insects in Kansas By Glenn A. Salsbury and Stephan C. White

Contributed by Cotinis on 3 October, 2005 - 12:51pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 13 October, 2005 - 6:25am

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