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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) » Malthininae » Malthinini » Malthinus » Malthinus occipitalis

Species Malthinus occipitalis

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · 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 Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)
Subfamily Malthininae
Tribe Malthinini
Genus Malthinus
Species occipitalis (Malthinus occipitalis)
Other Common Names
Yellow-tipped Soldier Beetle
Explanation of Names
Malthinus occipitalis LeConte 1851
occiput (L). 'back of the head' (1)
Numbers
3 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Identification

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2010
Range
e. N. Amer. (TX-FL-QC-OH) - Map (3)(4)
Season
mostly Apr-May (5)(BG Data)
Life Cycle
Mostly beaten from oak (Quercus) (3) and elm (Ulmus) in c. TX (5)
Remarks
Originally described from 3 female spmns from South Carolina, however no usable characters for identification of females have been found, thus it is not possible to interpret this species unequivocally.
See Also
Malthinus occipitalis atripennis LeConte
- Range: TX-KS
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2012
Print References
Brimley, p. 156--notes from lower elevations of North Carolina in May, mountains in July (6)
LeConte, J.L. 1851(1852). Synopsis of the Lampyrides of temperate North America. Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 5: 331-347.
Wittmer, W. 1980. Remarks on a few species of Malthinus Latreille (Coleoptera: Cantharidae: Malthini) from the United States. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 34(3): 271-279. (JSTOR)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
3.Remarks on a few species of Malthinus Latreille (Coleoptera: Cantharidae: Malthini) from the United States
Wittmer W. 1980. Col. Bull. 34: 271-279.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
6.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 7 April, 2010 - 11:41pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Maury Heiman, v belov
Last updated 30 March, 2024 - 11:17am

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