Species Collops nigriceps - Black-headed Melyrid

Classification · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Internet References

soft-winged flower beetle - Collops nigriceps

Soft-winged Flower Beetle - Collops nigriceps - male

Black-headed Melyrid - Collops nigriceps - 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 Cleroidea (Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles)

Family Melyridae (Soft-winged Flower Beetles)

Genus Collops

Species nigriceps (Black-headed Melyrid)

Numbers

Nearctica lists 44 species of Collops.

Range

Records from Colorado, N.M. N.C. Mass. - Georgia, Wisconsin

Remarks

Males have enlarged third antennomeres. See Jim McCarin's description of potentially similar "antennal foreplay" in Meloe...

Internet References

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn

Contributed by tom murray on 22 December, 2005 - 7:10pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 16 June, 2007 - 4:37am

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